European Exploration
ONE African country involved in the slave trade ?
Ghana, Gabon etc
What geographical feature (ocean) connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
Atlantic ocean
What was the specific branch in the triangular trade that transported slaves from Africa?
The Middle Passage
ONE African country involved in the slave trade
Ghana, Gabon, Sierra Leonne. Mostly parts of West Africa.
What did African slave traders get in exchange for slaves?
Goods (spices, gold, weaponry) and rum. Also, they received guns and other manufactured goods.
How did the Atlantic slave trade affect colonies economies?
It caused their economies to grow
3 raw products on plantations
sugar, tobacco, cotton
Name 3 of the 5 main European powers that were involved in the slave trade.
Spain, Portugal, France, England, the Netherlands
What was transported from the Americas?
Raw Materials such as: Sugar, cotton, tobacco, and furs
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.
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.
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.
Where were many slaves taken?
The New World. Caribbean!
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.
What happened to many African Kingdoms when slavery was outlawed