Atlantic Slave Trade
What was the Atlantic Slave Trade?
The Atlantic Slave Trade was the forced transfer of African people to America.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, people, technology, and ideas between the Old World and the New World
Who stopped Slavery?
President Abraham Lincoln
What is Trade?
Trade is the voluntary exchange of goods or services between people, or countries, involving buying and selling to satisfy mutual needs
What are trade routes?
Trade routes are established paths or networks, used for the commercial transport of goods and services between distant regions
Who was involved in the Atlantic Slave Trade?
Europeans, Caribbeans, North and South Americans, and Africa
What disease spread because of the Columbian Exchange worldwide?
Smallpox spread worldwide.
How does the impact of slavery affect us today?
It affects us because of the inequality and because of peoples thoughts on different races.
What was the purpose of trade?
To increase global wealth welfare
Name three trade routes.
Silk road, Trans-Saharan, and the Indian ocean Trade.
How many Africans were forced to go to America because of slavery?
Approximately 12.5 million Africans
What was the Columbian Trades impact on the new world?
The Columbian Exchange reshaped the New World and spreading diseases like smallpox that killed natives and brought new animals and crops that altered environments.
What is slavery?
The state of being owned by another person and forced to work without pay or choice without freedom.
What are the benefits and costs of trade expansion?
Trade expansion created benefits like lower prices for consumers, economic growth but increased global competition in other regions
What was the most used/popular trade route in 130 BCE through 1453 CE?
The Silk Road.
What year did the Atlantic slave trade start and end?
The Atlantic Slave Trade began in the early 16th century and ended in about 1867.
What was the impact the Columbian Trade had on the Old World?
New World crops like potatoes and corn improved diets in Europe and Asia. Economic Shifts exchange of goods and resources powers the European economies.
Why did slavery start in the first place?
Slavery started because there was a lot of agricultural needs.
How did the Silk Road influence cultural exchanges between civilizations in the East and West?
The Silk Road fostered cultural exchange by transmitting goods, ideas, technologies, and religions like Buddhism and Islam across Eurasia
What was the transatlantic trade route also known as?
The Triangular trade.
What were the primary motivations for the expansion of the Atlantic slave trade?
Economic needs also political and social factors
What were the lasting effects of the Columbian Exchange?
The lasting effects of the Columbian Exchange were devastating demographic changes due to European diseases in the Americas and population growth in Europe and Asia because American crops like potatoes and corn
Why did the american north and south separate and what happens after?
The south thought slavery should not be aborted and the north thought slavery should be aborted and this led to the American Civil War
What is economic globalization and how do global value chains impact it?
By making trade in intermediate goods and services essential fostering rapid economic growth and increasing global interdependence
What was the Trans-Saharan Trade Route?
A network of trade routes that ran across the Sahara Desert linking North Africa with West Africa and the Mediterranean region.