A situation in which a person is forced to make a decision even though he or she does not like any of the choices.
What is a dilemma
100
Near the equator and south of the Sahara, West Africa is covered by grassland or rainforest. This describes Africa's ____________.
What is geography
100
Who brought slaves to North America and the West Indies?
What is European traders
100
Name one good sold from North America.
What is fish, flour, livestock, tobacco, indigo, rice, silk, whale oil, lumber, or furs.
100
Slaves were sold to plantation owners at
What is slave auction or scramble
200
The exchange of captured people for goods.
What is Slave Trade
200
Farmers, miners, craftspeople, and traders were some of the _____________ West Africans had.
What is jobs
200
About how long was the Middle Passage?
What is 21-90 days. Longer in bad weather.
200
Name one good received in Africa.
What is rum, iron, cloth, tools, gunpowder, beer, and guns
200
While working in the fields, this person watched them and could punish them if they were not doing their job.
What is an overseer
300
The voyage of slave ships across the Atlantic Ocean, from West Africa to the West Indies and the American continents.
What is the Middle Passage
300
In exchange for gold and ivory West Africans received two main _____________ salt and cloth.
What is goods
300
Name one reason why plantation owners discouraged participation in singing and religious services.
What is songs could have carried secret messages or give intruction on how to run away, and preacher's messages were a source of strength and hope for freedom.
300
Name one good received by more than one place.
What is slaves
300
Some slaves believed that when they died their spirits would return to _________________ and they would be happy again.
What is West Africa
400
Exchange of slaves and goods among Europe, the Americas, and West Africa, using shipping routes across the Atlantic Ocean.
What is Triangular Trade
400
Fables, legends, myths, storytelling, dancing, and singing are all part of West African's _______________.
What is culture
400
A type of religious song that developed among enslaved Africans and that expressed deep emotion.
What is a spiritual
400
Name two goods received in the West Indies.
What is fish, flour, livestock, or lumber
400
What is a job that a slave could have in an owner's home?
What is gardener, cook, coachmen, and personal servents.
500
Public sales, where the price was the same for each slave.
What is a scramble
500
Name a large city located in West Africa.
What is Timbuktu
500
Name three ways a West African could become a slave.
What is if one village raided another, if one village started a war with another, if a person committed a crime or was a prisoner.
500
What good was most wanted in Africa and why?
What is guns because they gave one village power over another.
500
What were the benefits of being a house servant or skilled worker? Name 3 things.
What is eating the owner's left overs, wearing their old clothes, and could earn wages for doing extra work.