Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Middle Passage

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What European country began the transatlantic slave trade?

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Portugal

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What shape best describes the pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas via the Atlantic Ocean? Options: Circle, Triangle, Square, Pyramid

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Triangle

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The majority of plantations were located in...

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The Americas

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How many African slaves are estimated to have been transported across the Atlantic?

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Between 10 and 12 million

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The "Middle Passage" referred to

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the transportation of slaves from Africa to the New World.

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The decline in the native population in South America MOST LIKELY led to

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the importation of slaves from Africa.

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What was the sea voyage of a month or more between Africa and the Americas, involving approximately 12 million people and a death rate of approximately 25% during the journey?

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the Middle Passage

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Most African kings obtained people for sale into slavery by

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capturing them as prisoners of war.

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How did the Trans-Atlantic slave trade affect relations between the kingdoms of Africa?

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The Trans-Atlantic slave trade contributed to the demise of these kingdoms.

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As part of the system of Triangular Trade, Europeans usually acquired enslaved people in Africa in return for firearms. What effect did this exchange have on the governments in West Africa?

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The exchange created increased violence and hostility, since some governments had greater access than others did to the firearms.