Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Middle Passage

What European country began the transatlantic slave trade?

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Portugal

What shape best describes the pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas via the Atlantic Ocean?

• Circle

• Triangle

• Square

• Pyramid

The majority of plantations were located in...

• The Americas

• Africa

• Asia

• Antartica

How many African slaves are estimated to have been transported across the Atlantic?

• Between 10 and 12

• Between 10 and 12 hundred

• Between 10 and 12 thousand

• Between 10 and 12 million

The "Middle Passage" referred to

• the creation of the Panama Canal in Central America.

• the transportation of slaves from Africa to the New World.

• Lewis and Clark's expedition into the Louisiana Territory

• the best route over the Rocky Mountains to get to California.

The decline in the native population in South America MOST LIKELY led to

• the importation of slaves from Africa.

• the removal of the Jesuits from South America.

• a call for an end to colonization of the Americas.

• the search to enslave more native peoples from North America.

· sea voyage of a month or more

· between Africa and the Americas

· approximately 12 million people made the journey

· a death rate of approximately 25% during the journe

• Triangular Trade.

• Mercantilist theory.

• the Middle Passage

• the Columbian Exchange.

Most African kings obtained people for sale into slavery by

• purchasing them from Europeans.

• capturing them as prisoners of war.

• inheriting them from captured kings.

• purchasing children as slaves from their parents.

How did the Trans-Atlantic slave trade affect relations between the kingdoms of Africa?

• The Trans-Atlantic slave trade contributed to the demise of these kingdoms.

• The Trans-Atlantic slave trade strengthened the political stability of these kingdoms.

• The Trans-Atlantic slave trade increased the positive relations between Europe and Africa.

• The Trans-Atlantic slave trade unified the African kingdoms and allowed them to fight off the Europeans.

As part of the system of Triangular Trade, Europeans usually acquired enslaved people in Africa in return for firearms. What effect did this exchange have on the governments in West Africa?

• The exchange created greater peace, since governments feared one another.

• The governments began massive investment in manufacturing in order to develop firearms on their own.

• The exchange created increased violence and hostility, since some governments had greater access than others did to the firearms.

• The governments moved away from their traditional structures and began democracies in order to work more closely with European nations.