Causes and Origins of the Slave Trade Activity

What year did Columbus sail the ocean blue?

• 1592

• 1492

• 1992

• 1435

Place the labels correctly to denote the position of the "New World" and the "Old World" according to Europeans.

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b

Old World

New World

Place labels to show roughly which countries established colonies where in North and South America. There is no time limit, so look it up if you have to!

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Portuguese

Spanish

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British

French

Which factors greatly assisted European settlers in the New World to overcome native resistance? Select all correct options.

• Firearms

• Steel armour

• Horses

• Smallpox

• Rockets

Organize these options into the right categories to show which crops were discovered in the New World and which already existed in the Old. You have a long time! Look it up if you want!

Groups:

(a) New World Crops

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(b) Old World Crops

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Write briefly about what factors drove the demand for slaves in the New World colonies.

Explain why Africans increasingly became sources of slaves for European New World colonies.