Ted Talk: Atlantic slave trade

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What three continents were directly involved in the Atlantic slave trade?

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Africa, South America, North America

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Slaves were imported to the Americas because

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of the lack of labor due to Native Americans dying

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Slaves were sold to Europeans by

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African kings.

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On a typical slave ship journey close to

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20 percent of the slaves died.

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As a result of the forced relocation of over 10 million slaves, what was the impact on African economies?

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African economies suffered and were vulnerable to colonization.

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The slave trade contributed to racist ideology because: Africans were destined to be slaves, the claims that Africans were biologically inferior, Europeans needed justification for a practice that contradicted their Christian values.

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all of the above