Chapter 26 Big Picture Questions
- Discuss the political and economic conditions of Africa in Early modern
times. Compare and contrast political organization of west Africa and east
Africa. How were these economies tied into to global trading networks? How
were the political and economic organization of west and south Africa different?
What were the similarities prior to intense European activity?
- How did Islam and Christianity influence sub-Saharan Africa in early modern
times? What were the indigenous belief systems and how were they impacted
by these new religious empires? How great a role did syncretism play?
- What were the conditions of slavery? Describe and discuss the process of
slavery from capture, through the middle passage, and work conditions for
slaves. How different were these variables throughout the Atlantic world?