TheSlaveTrade(RUSH)

The part of the enslaved person's journey aboard a ship between Africa and the American colonies was known as the _________________  _________________

• Triangular Trade Route
• Middle Passage
• Northwest Passage
• Bermuda Triangle

Why did many enslaved people die on the route over on the slave ship?

• Slave traders usually purchased unhealthy individuals

• Disease and malnutrition

• Overloaded ships often sank

• Successful rebellions on board ships took many lives

The Middle Passage crossed the _______________ Ocean to get from Africa to the Americas.

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Indian

• African

What was the route of Triangle Trade?

• England to Africa, Africa to the Americas, the Americas back to England.

• China to North America, North America to India, India back to China.

• England to South America, South America to China, China back to England.

• South America to England, England to India, India back to South America.

What did European slave traders usually exchange for enslaved Africans?

• raw goods

• silver and jewels

• silk and cotton

• manufactured goods, gold, and guns

Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade during the 1700's?

• a lack of skilled labor in the American colonies

• demand for slaves in the American colonies that produced cash crops

• demand for slaves in the industrialized American colonies

• demand for house servants in teh American colonies

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

• Circle

• Triangle

• Square

• Pyramid

What kind of agricultural system did European colonists implement in North America?

• Sharecropper

• Subsistence

• Plantation

• Terrace

The majority of enslaved people brought to the Americas

• were captured from West African coastal tribes.

• were mainly women captured through tribal wars.

• were obtained through slave trade with Muslim merchants

• were captured from the Cape of South Africa by Dutch traders.

Which of these was the most common way enslaved people resisted slavery?

• by killing their owners
• by escaping to the North
• by organizing slave uprisings
• by finding ways to quietly rebel