The
Trans-
Atlantic
Slave
Trade
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ONE African country involved in the slave trade ?

Ghana, Gabon etc

100

What geographical feature connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas?

Atlantic ocean

100

Which country built El Mina?

Portugal

100
What was the name of the Slave Trade that started on the West Coast of Africa and ended in Europe?
The Triangular Slave Trade.
100
what percentage of slaves were transported to North America?
4%
200

What was the specific branch in the triangular trade that transported slaves from Africa?

The Middle Passage

200
Slave ships, when transporting slaves faced danger when it came it pirates, mutinies, and what other factor?
sea storms
200

what was the estimated population loss in Africa?

25-30 million

200

What did African slave traders get in exchange for slaves?

Goods (spices, gold, weaponry) and rum. Also, they received guns and other manufactured goods. 

200

How did the Atlantic slave trade affect colonies economies?

risky due to single product

300

3 raw products on plantations

sugar, tobacco, cotton

300
What was the biggest threat to slaves’ lives aboard the ships?
Disease
300
What were the two main diseases slaves died of?
Dysentery or smallpox
300
What did the cities such as Bristol, England, Nantes, France, and Newport, Rhode Island have in common?
They were port cities
300

Name 3 of the 5 main European powers that were involved in the slave trade.

Spain, Portugal, France, England, the Netherlands

400

What was transported from the Caribbean?

Raw Materials such as: Sugar, cotton, tobacco, and furs

400

Because of the triangular trade what other industry was able to boom?

Shipbuilding, sugar, cotton and tobacco were all able to grow due to slavery.

400

What did Europeans bring over to Africa to trade?

Rum! Guns, cloth, cash (also)

400
How old was Olaudah Equiano when he was captured and taken from his village?
11 years old
400

Why were slaves brought to the Americas?

The Indigenous and criminals sent there often died of Old-World diseases. This left colonies with a lack of people to do the labor necessary.

500

What did the Europeans build along the West Coast of Africa?

Castles with holding cells for captured slaves. They were used to hold slaves before they departed for the Americas.

500
After they were held along the West Coast, where were many slaves taken next?
The Caribbean.
500

Why were slaves unable to revolt or mutiny in slave camps on on board slave ships?

Slaves were separated from their families and villages. They were unable to understand the languages of other captives they were placed with. They were placed in tightly crowded areas and bound together or chained together.

500

How did some African rulers help the European Slave Trade?

They captured their enemies and their criminals and traded them to the Europeans for arms, rum, and spices.

500

Name two African Kingdoms that became more powerful due to the trade

Dahomey, Ashanti

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