Flashcards
Hist Notes 4/6/16
Flashcards do conjunto (16)
- 1What century did Europeans and Sub Saharhan Africans come into contact with each other In AFrica15th Century
- 2About how many slaves were captured to be taken to the New World. Also what years did it happenAbout 60 million between 1500 and 1850
- 3What was the survival rate of slaves in the slave tradeOnly 1 in 3 would survive the capture the voyage and imprisonment
- 4Which Slaves went to the West Indies and America. Also between what yearsThe Sub-Saharan Africans and Western Coastal Africans went to America and the West Indies between 1619 and 1808.
- 5Where did Spanish Central American Slaves come fromWestern Coastal African and West Congo
- 6What percentage of slaves made up the source of West Indies Spanish Central America and AMerica50%
- 7Where did Brazilian Slaves come from and what percentage did they make up of the source of slavesThey came from Southern Africa and the Southwestern Coast and Western Coast and Madagascar.
- 8Where did most Slaves go and whyMany slaves didn't go to America (only 100,000 out of 20 million) but instead went to the West Indies and Brazil to work on sugar plantations that were very labor intensive
- 9Where do many African descendants of the slaves of the West Indies and America trace their ancestry fromThey can be traced back to one of the 30 West African societies From the Sahahra Desert all the way to the Congo BAsin
- 10How did the 30 Western African Societies differ1. Religion
2. Economic Structure
3. Political Structure
4. Language
5. Family Structure
6. Slavery in Africa - 11What were the minority of the religions in the Western Societies based onThe minority were monotheistic religions (Belief in one god) like Islam, European Christianity, etc.
- 12What was the largest Monotheistic religion in the Western SocietiesIslam was the largest monotheistic religion and it was spread through trade.
- 13How did Islam spread throughout AfricaIt spread throughout Sub-Saharan after 1000 A.D. due to trade with Mali and Eastern Med Africa societies. Also Arabians traded on the eastern coast of Africa
- 14What were the majority of African religions based onThey were Polytheistic and followed traditional beliefs that had many deities and many not in human form.
- 15In Africa's polytheistic religions what traditions were followedThe worshipped ancestors and the role of people to serve the needs of their ancestors
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