Vocabulary
A public sale where enslaved people were sold to the highest bidder is called an ________
auction
Name what West Africa's geography was like.
Grasslands, Rainforests, and the Sahara
What does trade mean?
Giving one good or service for another. This often happens between countries.
Why did the Americas want slaves?
Cheap labor and to work in the fields.
The __________ is the exchange of goods and enslaved people between Europe, the Americas, and West Africa.
Triangular Passage
The people of West Africa all spoke the same language and had the same religion. True or False
False
What did Europeans (Portugal) offer to trade to the people of West Africa?
guns
When did the slave trade begin? Hint: look at your timeline.
The late 1400's
A(n) __________ was a person in charge of the work of enslaved people.
overseer
West African society was centered around what?
Family
What was Triangular Trade?
Trade of goods and enslaved people between Europe, West Africa, and the Americas.
Where were most enslaved people in the West Indies and British North America put to work?
Sugar and tobacco plantations.
The __________ is the voyage of ships carrying enslaved people across the Atlantic Ocean.
Middle Passage
What kind of work did most people do in West Africa?
Farming
What choice did West Africans make about the trade of enslaved people?
Some West Africans refused to take part in the trade of enslaved people.
Some West Africans tried to find enslaved people outside their nations.
Some West Africans traded people who were already enslaved.
Enslaved people on a ship in the Middle Passage had a lot of__________________
Serious illness
What is an Enslaver?
A person who forces someone into slavery.
camels
Why would some West African villages be willing to trade enslaved people for guns and other goods?
They could have a more powerful village if they had guns and other goods.
What usually happened to slaves once they arrived in the Americas?
They were sold at auctions.