4c Triangular Trade and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

What made the Middle Passage so difficult for enslaved Africans? 

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

• frequent storms and pirate attacks

• people were chained together with little room to move and the ships were extremely crowded and uncomfortable

• there was not enough food or clean water

• long stops at ports for inspections

• the journey could take weeks or months depending on the weather and route

The difficult forced journey from Africa to the Americas was known as _____.

• Triangular Trade

• the Columbian Exchange

• the Middle Passage

European traders relied on ___ to capture and sell enslaved Africans.

• Indigenous Leaders

• African rulers and traders

• Indentured Europeans

Europeans in South America began using enslaved ____ as a source of cheap labor because the Indigenous people were no longer available due to harsh treatment and disease which led to death.

The third leg of Triangular Trade carried raw materials from ___ to ___

• from Europe to Africa

• from Africa to the Americas

• from the Americas to Europe

The second leg (the Middle Passage) of Triangular Trade carried enslaved Africans from ___ to ___

• from Europe to Africa

• from Africa to the Americas

• from the Americas to Europe

The first leg of Triangular Trade carried manufactured goods from ___ to ___

• from Europe to Africa

• from Africa to the Americas

• from the Americas to Europe

____________was the name for a trade route between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. 

European kings wanted to create colonies in the New World because they wanted to ___.

• escape enemies in Asia

• increase their wealth and power

• learn new religions

• make new friends around the world

Crops from the Americas become essential in Europe because ________.

• they were less expensive than European crops

• they were used to feed farm animals

• they improved nutrition and helped people live longer

• they were easier to grow in fertile European soil