The Slave Trade
The Atlantic Slave Trade
What is a monopoly?
the exclusive control of a business or industry.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The transfer of goods from the Americas to other parts of the world was started by Christopher Columbus.
What are tariffs?
What were Europeans still divided into?
social classes
Where did Africans have to work when they arrived in the Americas?
What are mutinies?
revolts or rebellions
What were two of the most improtant goods used by Europeans that were discovered in the Americas?
Corn and potatoes
Why were the colonies that Europeans controlled important to them?
They provided raw materials and resources not available in Europe.
Merchants who traded overseas
Where does the word slave come from? Have to say the name and location.
The Slav people of Eastern Europe
Why was the slave trade beneficial to some Africans?
They used the wealth of the slave trade to stengthen themselves and trade with Europeans
What was the Commercial Revolution?
A period of economic growth and change in Europe,
What was the purpose of mercantilism?
to strengthen a nation's economy
Who didn't benefit from the price revolution?
Nobles who made their money on land
Who was Futa Toro and what did he do?
He was the religious leader of Senegal and he passed a law banning the transfer of slaves through his land.
Which country continued slavery even after many abolished it? Why?
Brazil, because the sugar industry along with other businesses relied on slave labor
How does inflation occur?
More money being circulated/used, the higher prices can go.
What is the "putting out" system?
Separated capital and labor for the first time.
What group of people enjoyed a comfortable life?
Middle-class families
Which of the three legs or parts of the triangular trade was the most dangerous, what was it called and why was it dangerous?
The Middle Passage was very dangerous. Revolts, by the captives were common. Disease was a constant threat and killed many slaves. Ships became “floating coffins” as there was nowhere to put all the bodies
Where was the Oyo Empire and what was it known for?
They were the Yoruba people in present-day Nigeria who used the wealth from the slave trade to build up their army and by trading with Europeans
What is another name for a capitalist economy?
A free enterprise system
What did the "putting out" system later lead to?
The Industrial Revolution
DAILY DOUBLE: The Columbian Exchange is associated with the beginnings of what system?
Mercantilism