Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade & Colonization of Africa

During the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, where were most of the slaves forcibly taken to after purchase in Africa?

• The Middle East

• Southern Africa

• Brazil & the Caribbean

• Europe

The trip across the middle passage took about 2-3 weeks depending on the weather.

• True

• False

The practice of direct controlling and SETTLING of foreign territories is known as:

• Pan-Africanism

• Agricultural Revolution

• Colonialism

• Imperialism

Many enslaved Africans died of malnutrition or disease in the middle passage.

• True

• False

This was the name of the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the Americas where millions of enslaved Africans were taken away from their homeland. What was this called?

• The Trans-Saharan Trade

• The Silk Road

• Caravans

• The Middle Passage

While racism and dehumanizing played a part, another factor for Europeans to look to purchase slaves from Africa was:

• To spread Islam from Africa

• Profit and a free and captive labor source

• To help fight off the native populations of South America and the Caribbean

• To spread African culture to the Americas

Imperialism is the practice of extending a nation's influence by controlling other territories through trade and politics.

• True

• False

Which of these was NOT a reason Europeans wanted to colonize Africa?

• The search for profitable resources

• European Countries wanted more natural resources to fuel industrialization.

• They wanted to help convert the native populations to Christianity

• They wanted to set up colonies to learn native African culture and bring that culture back to Europe.

Pan-Africanism is the movement to convert all Africans to Christianity.

• True

• False

What did the Berlin Conference of 1884 do?

• It divided up the lands of Africa among the European powers, yet no African leaders were invited to take part in this.

• It ended slavery in Europe and the Americas.

• They came to the conclusion that Europeans would remove all colonies from Africa.

• It made slavery illegal in all parts of Africa.