Vocabulary
A person in charge of enslaved workers.
an overseer
Name one place involved in the Triangular Trade.
Europe, Africa or americas
What ocean did ships cross?
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
West Africans valued this strongly.
What are family and ancestors?
100 – Name one job enslaved people might be forced to do.
👉 What is farming, cooking, or building?
A public sale where enslaved people were sold.
auction
What did Europe trade to Africa?
What are goods such as guns, tools, or cloth?
Were enslaved people given lots of space or packed?
packed tightly, crowded
Where did most enslaved people work in the America?
What are sugar and tobacco plantations
200 – What did enslaved people sing to cope with their suffering?
👉 What are spirituals?
A three-way trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
Triangular Trade
What did Africa provide in the trade?
Who were enslaved people?
Name one problem on the ships.
What is sickness, hunger, or dirty conditions?
300 – Why did some enslaved people pretend not to understand orders?
resistance
300 – What usually happened first when enslaved Africans arrived?
they were sold at auctions
he dangerous sea journey across the Atlantic.
What did the Americas send back to Europe?
What are sugar, tobacco, or cotton?
True or false: Most people were comfortable during the Middle Passage.
What is false?
Did the Triangular Trade help Europe or Africa more?
Europe
400 – Who wrote about enslaved people working in harsh weather?
👉 Who is Frederick Douglass?
Crops like sugar or tobacco grown to sell for money
cash crops
Why did Europeans want enslaved workers?
plantations and growing cash crops
What happened to many people during this journey?
They became sick or died.
How did slavery affect African communities?
Families were separated and societies were harmed.
500 – Why is learning about slavery important today?
👉 It helps us understand history and injustice.