Slavery

Open Ended

What is a slave?

Multiple Choice

Which explorer was the first to find a new route to India?

• Christopher Columbus

• Walter Raleigh

• Vasco da Gama

• John Cabot

Multiple Choice

Which explorer was the first to find the West Indies?

• Christopher Columbus

• Walter Raleigh

• Vasco da Gama

• John Cabot

Multiple Choice

Which explorer sailed to Canada but came home?

• Christopher Columbus

• Walter Raleigh

• Vasco da Gama

• John Cabot

Multiple Choice

What name did John Cabot give to the land he found in North America?

• Newfoundland

• West Indies

• The New World

• South America

Open Ended

Why do you think Henry VII was so keen to find new lands?

Open Ended

Did it matter to Henry VII or John Cabot whether the lands they found were inhabited? Explain your answer.

Open Ended

How do you think the Voyages of Discovery are linked to the slave trade?

Multiple Select

Which explorers did Elizabeth I send to North America?

• Walter Raleigh

• Vasco da Gama

• John Cabot

• Humphrey Gilbert

Multiple Choice

Where did silk come from?

• Asia

• South America

• North America

• Meditteranean

Multiple Choice

Where did tea come from?

• Asia

• South America

• North America

• Meditteranean

Multiple Choice

Where did coffee come from?

• Asia

• South America

• Africa

• Meditteranean

Multiple Choice

Where did cocoa come from?

• Asia

• South America

• Africa

• Meditteranean

Multiple Choice

Where did oranges come from?

• Asia

• South America

• Africa

• Meditteranean

Multiple Choice

Where did potatoes come from?

• Asia

• South America

• Africa

• Europe

Multiple Choice

Where did tobacco come from?

• Asia

• South America

• Africa

• Europe

Open Ended

What does the term slave mean to you?

Open Ended

Why did European settlers in the New World want slaves?

Open Ended

How can you tell that John Hawkins was involved in the slave trade?

​Listening Task

​Listen to the 60 second clip and then answer the questions that follow.

Multiple Select

Who was involved in this stage of the slave trade?

• Merchants

• Ship owners

• Ship captain

• Businessmen

• African tribes

Multiple Choice

What role did merchants and ship owners play in the slave trade?

• They caught slaves in Africa

• They bought goods to sell in Africa, making a huge profit

• They made goods such as pots, pans and glass beads

• They sailed in ships to Africa to collect slaves

Multiple Choice

Where did this stage of the journey end?

• West Indies

• Britain

• West coast of Africa

• France

Multiple Choice

What was the cargo of pots, pans, weapons and cloth traded in Africa for?

• African people

• African weapons

• African cloth

• African crops