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The
Trans-
Atlantic
Slave
Trade
100

What was transported from Africa?

Enslaved Africans

100

What is the name of the trade system that connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas?

The Triangular Trade

100

Which country first got involved in the triangular trade?

Portugal

100

On what coast of Africa did most slaves come from?

West Coast

100
(QUIZ - normal points) True or False: Africans were used instead of Native Americans as slave labor because Africans were immune to the European diseases
TRUE
200

What was the name of the triangular trade part that transported slaves from Africa?

The Middle Passage

200

Bonus: Which word best describes the southern economy in the United States before the Civil War?

Agricultural

200
(QUIZ - double points) What was the Middle Passage?
The journey of slaves across the Atlantic Ocean
200

 What were some of the reasons slaves died on the Middle Passage? A. Diseases B. Starvation  C. Suicide

Disease, Starvation, and Suicide

200
Why did so many Native Americans die after they came into contact with Europeans?
Disease
300

Laws and restrictions that limited what slaves were able to do. 

Slave Codes
300
What was the biggest threat to slaves’ lives aboard the ships?
Disease
300

This former slave wrote an autobiography that detailed his experience on the Middle Passage. 

Olaudah Equiano

300

Large farms, or ___________, that specialize in growing one type of crop for profit, were common in American colonies.

Plantations

300

True or False? Africans were used instead of Native Americans as slave labor because Africans were familiar with the types of crops being grown by the Europeans

True

400
What was transported from the Americas?
Sugar, cottons, and tobacco
400
(QUIZ - double points) Why didn’t the northern states have a well-established system of slavery?
The northern states had a more industrial economy that didn’t need slaves
400
What items did Europeans bring over to Africa?
Mainly guns and clothes
400

The number of Africans imported to the Americas

10-12 million 

400
Why were slaves brought to the Americas?
the lack of population of natives to be slaves and to do labor
500

The number of Africans imported by the United States

400,000

500

Which of these statements is true about the Triangular Trade?

1. Raw materials were taken to Africa where they were turned into manufactured goods

2. Slaves were taken to Africa where they were traded for gold and ivory. 

3. Raw materials were taken to Europe where they were turned into manufactured goods

3. Raw materials were taken to Europe where they were turned into manufactured goods

500

 What would have likely been the punishment for a master who killed a slave he owned?

The master would face no legal punishment

500

What did one historian say about Olaudah's reliability?

He may have been born in South Carolina

                           or 

He was NOT born on African soil. 

500

Name 4 of the 5 countries who were involved in the Slave Trade

Britain, Dutch, French, Spain, and Portuguese