Transatlantic Slave Trade and European Colonization

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How did the Transatlantic Slave Trade impact African societies?

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It caused a decrease in population in many African communities.

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What was a common form of slave resistance?

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Revolting and running away

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What were the economic motivations behind the Transatlantic Slave Trade? Options: The need for labor in the growing economies of the Americas, The desire to explore new lands, The need to increase Europe's population, The wish to improve relations between Europe and Africa

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The need for labor in the growing economies of the Americas

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operation that captured and sold people from their homeland to work on colonial plantations

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slave trade

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Which of the following groups of people were NOT involved in African slave trading? Europeans, Africans, Americans

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Native Americans

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Which of the following is a reason that American colonists used to justify their decision to engage in slave trade?
Options:
they wanted to teach them religion,
they needed the money,
Africans were used to working in the sun,
none of these

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Africans were used to working in the sun

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Who were abolitionists?

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People who fought to end slavery and the slave trade

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Which of the following was NOT a reason for the abolition of the slave trade? Economic inefficiency of slave labor, The moral and ethical arguments against slavery, The decrease in demand for slave labor, The increase in slave revolts and resistance

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The decrease in demand for slave labor

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What role did African leaders play in the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

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Some participated by selling prisoners of war or criminals.

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When did the transatlantic slave trade begin?

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