Triangular Trade

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What is the Triangle Trade?

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Trade routes connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas during Colonial times

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What does it mean to be enslaved?

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To be forced to work without pay and treated as property

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What were slave ports used for during the Triangle Trade?

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To load enslaved Africans onto ships for transport to the Americas

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What was the Middle Passage?

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The part of the Triangle Trade where slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas.

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What is a plantation?

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A large estate where enslaved people often worked to grow crops.

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What are cash crops?

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Crops like tobacco and cotton grown in large amounts to be sold for profit.

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What are raw materials?

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Basic natural resources used to make products

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What are manufactured goods?

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Finished products made from raw materials

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What does it mean to embark?

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To board a ship or vehicle

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What does it mean to disembark?

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To get off a ship or vehicle