| A | B |
|---|
| Ghana | First major West African Kingdom |
| Mali | Second major West African Kingdom |
| Songhai | Third major West African Kingdom |
| Timbuktu | center for trade, politics, and learning in Mali (1200-1300) |
| Mansa Musa | powerful ruler who took a pilgramage to Mecca and displayed the size and wealth of Mali to the whole hemisphere |
| Bridewealth | economic deal that was a payment for a man's wife |
| Griot | West African oral historian |
| Triangular Trade | trading between Africa, Europe, and the Americas of slaves, molasses, and rum |
| Middle Passage | transporting of slaves across the Atlantic Ocean |
| Olaudah Equiano | bought freedom and became an abolitionist in England |
| Significance of 1526 | Year that the first Africans were brought to Spanish colinies |
| Percentage of African slaves who were in the U.S. | 5% |
| Indentured Servant | someone who is in a position of servitude for a period, usually 5 to 7 years and is then released from bondage to live as a free person |
