Vocabulary
triangular trade
middle passage
big ideas
life of enslaved people
100

A person in charge of enslaved workers.

an overseer

100

Name one place involved in the Triangular Trade.

Europe, Africa or americas

100

What ocean did ships cross?

What is the Atlantic Ocean?

100

West Africans valued this strongly.

What are family and ancestors?

100

100 – Name one job enslaved people might be forced to do.

👉 What is farming, cooking, or building?


200

A public sale where enslaved people were sold.

auction

200

What did Europe trade to Africa?

What are goods such as guns, tools, or cloth?

200

Were enslaved people given lots of space or packed?

packed tightly, crowded

200

Where did most enslaved people work in the America?

What are sugar and tobacco plantations

200

200 – What did enslaved people sing to cope with their suffering?

👉 What are spirituals?


300

A three-way trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas

Triangular Trade

300

What did Africa provide in the trade?

Who were enslaved people?

300

Name one problem on the ships.

What is sickness, hunger, or dirty conditions?

300

300 – Why did some enslaved people pretend not to understand orders?

resistance

300

300 – What usually happened first when enslaved Africans arrived?

they were sold at auctions

400

he dangerous sea journey across the Atlantic.

middle passage
400

What did the Americas send back to Europe?

What are sugar, tobacco, or cotton?

400

True or false: Most people were comfortable during the Middle Passage.

What is false?

400

Did the Triangular Trade help Europe or Africa more?

Europe

400

400 – Who wrote about enslaved people working in harsh weather?

👉 Who is Frederick Douglass?


500

Crops like sugar or tobacco grown to sell for money

cash crops

500

Why did Europeans want enslaved workers?

plantations and growing cash crops

500

What happened to many people during this journey?
 

They became sick or died.

500

 How did slavery affect African communities?

 Families were separated and societies were harmed.

500

500 – Why is learning about slavery important today?

👉 It helps us understand history and injustice.