Africa Quiz Study Guide

Vocabulary flashcards covering the Africa Quiz Study Guide, including Triangular Trade, the Scramble for Africa, imperialism, apartheid, and key figures.

Triangular Trade

A three-sided trade network across the Atlantic Ocean connecting Europe, West Africa, and the Americas during the 16th to 19th centuries.

Triangular Trade (Leg 1: Europe to Africa)

The trade route where Europe shipped manufactured goods to Africa.

Middle Passage (Leg 2: Africa to Americas)

The leg of the Triangular Trade from West Africa to the Americas where enslaved people were crammed below deck in unhygienic conditions.

Triangular Trade (Leg 3: Americas to Europe)

The trade route where raw materials, including sugar, cotton, and tobacco, were shipped from the Americas to Europe.

Scramble for Africa (1880s–1914)

The period from the 1880s to 1914 when European nations rapidly invaded, divided, and colonized Africa, driven by imperialism, racism, Eurocentrism, and a "civilizing mission."

Imperialism

Gaining control over territory through force or diplomacy.

Colonialism

European settlement and control over another country and its people.

Eurocentrism

The belief that European values, history, and culture are the normal, standard, and superior way.

Apartheid

A system of racial segregation and discrimination in South Africa that officially began in 1948 and ended in the early 1990s, denying Black South Africans basic rights and freedoms.

Nelson Mandela

A leader who fought against apartheid, was imprisoned for 27 years, became South Africa's first Black president in 1994, and helped lead the country towards democracy.

King Leopold II

The Belgian monarch associated with the colonization and rule of the Belgian Congo.

Suez Canal

A strategically important waterway located in Egypt, notable in history for the role of Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson.