European Explorers and Triangular Trade

1. What is the middle passage?

• A triangle

• the journey captured Africans took to reach the Americas

• the middle of the road

Where did the Middle Passage journey start?

• Africa

• Turkey

• Europe

• Russia

Which is NOT a way the Africans might die on the voyage?

• Starvation

• Becoming friends with the captain

• . being thrown overboard

• Disease

Slaves had a major ________________ on the economy and culture of the colonies

• Frustration

• Impact

• Decline

• Stop

Trade routes between Africa, the Americas, and Europe, in which ships carried cash crops, manufactured goods, and enslaved people were known as

• Middle Passage

• Columbian Exchange

• Triangular Trade

Who was the first person to lead a voyage that sailed across the globe?

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Henry Hudson

He was a Spanish explorer. The first to explore the southeastern United States. He claimed Florida for Spain.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ponce De Leon

• John Cabot

He was a Spanish explorer. He was the first explorer to circumnavigate, or sail, all the way around the world.

• Christopher Columbus

• Robert LaSalle

• Ferdinand Magellan

He was a French explorer. He was the first to sail down the Mississippi River. He claimed territory for the French and named it Louisiana.

• Robert LaSalle

• Hernando DeSoto