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The mass migration of Boers onto Zulu lands resulting in conflict
commodity even more valuable than gold during the early West African trading empires
the need for natural resources and raw materials was the ____ motive for European colonization of Africa
the movement to end slavery throughout the world
Great King of the Zulus who united the tribes to oppose the migrating Dutch onto their ancestral lands
dominates the geography of eastern Africa
meaning mass displacement, a significant effect of the slave trade on Africa
the desire to create vast empires abroad as a form of nationalism was the ___ motive for European colonization in Africa
when ancestry is derived from one's mother; common in some traditional African cultures
british doctor and missionary whose travels to Africa helped spark European interest in the vast continent
conflict between the British and Dutch in South Africa over the gold and diamond trade
West African country set up by freed slaves from the United States in 1847
the first industrialized country to outlaw slavery in 1807?
meaning a common agreement for the good of the community; common in some traditional African cultures
dominates the geography of North Africa
the reason for initial European interest in Africa
when European colonial powers made decisions on how to divide up the African continent in 1884
West African country set up by the British for freed slaves in the late 1700s
the eastern coast of Africa is traditionally known as the ____ coast because of its trading with the Arab and the language that resulted
Dutch settlers in South Africa in 1652
the first european country to make contact with the African continent
extensive grasslands in eastern and southern africa that is home to an abundance of wildlife
the concept of having multiple wives; common in some traditional African cultures
located along Nile River and supplies hydroelectric power to much of Egypt
where the Dutch settled in South Africa in 1652

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