Ted Talk: Atlantic slave trade

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

• Europe, Africa, South America

• Asia, South America, Africa

• Africa, South America, North America

• Asia, Europe, Africa

Slaves were imported to the Americas because

• they were not needed in Asia

• of the lack of labor due to Native Americans dying

• Europeans outlawed slavery

• American settlers demanded them

Slaves were sold to Europeans by

• American natives

• Asian explorers

• European kings

• African kings.

On a typical slave ship journey close to

• 10 percent of the slaves died.

• 20 percent of the slaves died

• 30 percent of the slaves died

• none of these

As a result of the forced relocation of over 10 million slaves

• African economies suffered and were vulnerable to colonization

• African kingdoms prospered with trade with Europeans.

• slaves were imported from Asia

• there was no impact on the continent

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.

• all of the above