Triangular Trade
Which country is the starting point of the outward passage?
Great Britain
Who kidnapped Africans from their villages?
African warlords
Name three products that were imported from India.
Tea, silk, spices
What was a punishment for female convicts in Australia?
They had their head shaved.
Who was the leader of the Spanish conquistadors in Mexico?
Hernan Cortes
Which country is the destination of the inward passage?
Great Britain
What is the name of Ghana's most famous dungeon on the Atlantic coast?
Cape Coast Castle
Which material do saddlers work with?
leather
Who discovered and claimed Australia for the British Empire?
Captain James Cook
What was the name of the Aztec capital?
Tenochtitlan
Which product from Britain were African kingdoms particularly keen on?
What was the name of the gate through which Africans boarded the ships to America?
Door of no return
Which African kingdom had an army of 200,000 men?
Ghana
How were convicts distinguished from the innocent in Australia?
Which fruit did the Aztec use to worship their gods and for other very special occasions?
cocoa
How long did the middle passage take?
6-8 weeks
What evidence did captains use to prove to the insurance that a sick slave had been thrown over board?
Their cut off ears
What did slaves carry in baskets on their heads, when they fertilised the sugar cane?
manure
What is Australia's capital?
Canberra
Which present day Mexican festival goes back to Aztec religion?
The Day of the Dead
How many Africans were shipped to the Americas over the centuries?
10 million
How did captured Africans try to commit suicide on board of the ships?
By jumping over board.
What is the name of the male slave who wrote an autobiography and fought for the abolition of slavery?
Olaudah Equiano
How many British convicts were sent to Australia over the years?
165,000
What is the name of the country where the famous Inca Empire used to be?
Peru