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World History: Unit Review
Unit 5: Africa & Age of Exploration
____________________, ____________________, ____________________Which of the African civilizations developed
in the Sahel along the Niger river?
_____________________a language and people who lived along the coast of East Africa and traded along the coast of
the Indian Ocean
_____________________capital of Mali and the center of Muslim art & culture, most famous African city
_____________________European nation which would create the largest colonial empire in the Americas
_____________________in the peak years of 1581-1600, this many million pounds of gold & silver would be taken by the
Spanish out of the Americas
_____________________Capital of the Aztec Empire
____________________Africa was weakened by war and unable to defend itself from European colonialism as a result of
____________________African leader went on a pilgrimage to Mecca taking with him 60,000 people and 75 camels each
loaded with 300 pounds of gold dust
____________________An oral historian and performer.
____________________Before the Europeans, this nation's Admiral Zheng He explored as far as the west coast of Africa
but was ordered home by his emperor who stopped this nation's exploration of the world
____________________the spread of things and ideas from one civilization to another
____________________economic policy of European nations in the 1600’s, equating wealth and power
____________________European ship in the 1400’s with triangle-shaped lateen sails that made it possible to sail against
the wind, enabled Europeans to cross the oceans
____________________first European to make a public discovery of the Americas
____________________How many Africans were enslaved during the European slave trade?
____________________In 1888, this nation became the last American country to free its slaves. 33% of all slaves
exported to the Americas went to this nation.
____________________journey in which enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas, part of triangular trades
____________________led the Spanish expedition that first sailed around the world in 1522
____________________Native American tribe that was the first to encounter the Spanish, wiped out by disease
____________________navigational instrument invented by the Arabs that was used to determine the altitude of the sun
or other heavenly bodies
____________________person who makes maps
____________________African whose autobiography about his experience as a slave began the anti-slavery movement
____________________Portuguese explorer who was the first European to reach India by sea travel in 1497
____________________ruler of Portugal in the 1400’s who funded the study of navigation & the Portuguese voyages of
exploration
____________________sea located on the east coast of Central America, location of many islands where the majority of
Africans were sent to as slaves to work the sugar plantations
____________________Spanish conqueror or soldier in the Americas
____________________Spanish monk who protested the Spanish cruelty towards Native Americans
____________________South American civilization who built an extensive road system in the Andes Mountains
____________________The forced scattering of Africans all around the world by the slave trade is known as
____________________The majority of the slaves sold to the Americas went to what region?
____________________The strongest motive for the slave trade was the enormous fortune to be made from the growing
of what product in the Americas?
____________________the trading of plants & animals between Europe and the Americas
____________________This European nation would dominate the slave trade during the 18 th century. After it abolished
slavery in 1830, its navy tried to end the illegal transatlantic slave trade.
____________________This island off the coast of Senegal was a notorious slave fortress. At least a third of all slaves
exported before 1600 came through this port. It was so profitable that over a 300 year period, the European slavers
fought over its ownership seventeen times.
____________________East Indies Spice Islands which were the reason for the European voyages of Exploration
____________________What civilization developed where the Blue & White Nile Rivers met?
____________________What percentage of all slaves shipped from Africa to the Western Hemisphere were sold to the
United States (& 13 Colonies)
____________________Spanish conqueror of the Inca Civilizaton
____________________Which civilization build large circular stone enclosures made of chiseled bricks without mortar?
____________________Native American civilization conquered and destroyed by Cortez in 1519
____________________Forced labor system used by the Spanish with the Native Americans
between 1519 and 1605, Native American population drops from over _______ million to less than_______ million
in the African triangular trade _____________________ were sent to the West Indies where they
produced_____________________ that was made into _____________________ and sent to New
England where it was made into _____________________ to be sold to Africans
The source of wealth in West Africa was____________________ for ____________________
we know so little about African History because ____________________ ____________________denied and
destroyed existing African civilizations
Map locations to know:
Axum
Aztecs
Caribbean
Ghana, Mali, Songhay
Great Zimbabwe
Inca
Moluccas
Nubia
Short Answer Essays: You will have to answer 3 of the following questions. You may use your notes. Make sure
you include factual details.
1. Given the truth about Columbus, should we still celebrate Columbus Day? Explain why using facts.
2. How should history judge the Aztecs?
3. What was the impact of the Columbian Exchange? Use as many examples as possible.
4. What were the positive and negative effects of the European voyages of exploration?