Slavery in Africa
Demands for Africans
Spain & Portgal
Extra Points
100
How long did slavery exist?
Many centuries
100
Who were the first Europeans to explore Africa?
Portuguese
100
As the colony's sugar industry grew, What did the Europeans demand for?
Cheap labor
100
What did the demand for cheap labor result in?
Brutalities of the slave trade
200
How many total Africans were transported?
17 million
200
Who were interested in gold than captured Africans?
Traders
200
Brazil dominated the European what?
Sugar Market
200
How did skin color affect Africans?
It made it easier to catch them if they escaped.
300
Did the spread of Islam have an increase or decrease during the 17th century?
Increase
300
What were Africans exposed to?
European diseases
300
Why did Spain move on to the Caribbean?
To begin to colonize the American mainland
300
Where were enslaved Africans being used? a.) apple and orange orchards b.) grocery stores c.) schools d.) farms & plantations
d.) farms and plantations
400
Was slavery an a)relatively major institution b)relatively minor institution c)relatively normal institution
b) relatively minor institution
400
How did natives begin to die? a.) hundreds b.) thousands c.) millions d.) they didn't die at all
c.) millions
400
How many Africans labored throughout Spanish American plantations?
300 thousand
400
Name 4 of the countries/continents that was involved in African slavery.
-Africa -Asia -Europe -Spain -Portugal -Brazil -Americas
500
What did people do to escape bondage?
Married into family
500
Were Africans more or less likely to escape?
Less likely {they did not know their way around new land}
500
The Spanish took an early lead in importing who to where?
Africans to the Americas
500
Who did European owners use for a source of cheap labor? a.) Chinese b.) African Americans c.) Native Americans d.) Australians
c.) Native Americans
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