African Kingdoms, Atlantic Slave Trade, and the Scramble for Africa

Which phrase accurately describes the conditions aboard the slave ship?

• Luxurious 
• Accommodating
• Spacious 
• Dark and Claustrophobic 

The part of the slave’s journey aboard the ship between Africa and the American colonies was known as the _________________  _________________

• Triangular Trade Route
• Middle Passage
• Northwest Passage
• Bermuda Triangle

What is an economic system, where African slaves were exchanged for raw materials, money, and finished goods? Those countries/continents involved included Ivory Coast  (Africa), Europe, and the Americans.

• Mercantalism
• Triangular Trade
• Market economics
• Feudalism

What did the English ship captains typically offer in trade for a cargo of captured African slaves?

• Guns and finished products
• Gold and Silver
• Sugar and Molasses
• Fish and timber

Who did Europeans originally try to enslave

• Native Americans

• Africans

• African Americans

• The Europeans didn't enslave anyone

What did most Africans think would happen if they commited suicide?

• They would go straight to heaven

• Their souls would find a way back to Africa

• They would reincarnate as the Europeans

Why were Native Americans not good candidates for being slaves?

• They died quickly from diseases

• They didn't know how to plant

• They were slow workers

• There weren't enough of them

What reason did Christians come up with to justify slavery?

• In some circumstances it is ok

• Africans are biologically inferior

• They couldn't but they turned a blind eye

What percentage of Africans didn't make it to the Americas?

• 5%

• 10%

• 20%

• 30%

• 50%

Africa has a large population of women, because many men were enslaved

• True

• False