Atlantic Slave Trade

When did the Atlantic Slave Trade take place?

• 10th and 12th centuries

• 15th and 19th Centuries

• 3rd and 4th centuries

• 7th and 9th centuries

About how many Africans were forcibly brought to the Americas?

• 2 million

• 5 million

• 8 million

• 10 million

What were the 3 main crops of the Americas?

• Sugar cane, Tobacco, and Cotton

• Cotton, Tobacco, Wheat

• Tobacco, Cotton, Vanilla Bean

• Cotton, Tobacco, Potatoes

What killed the majority of Native Americans during the beginnings of colonization?

• Guns

• Slaves

• Disease

• Famine

African kings sold other African people to the Europeans in exchange for...

• Manufactured goods, cotton, and whiskey

• Weapons, Drugs, Manufactured goods

• Rum, Cotton, Potatoes

• Manufactured goods, weapons, and rum

How would African people get to the coastline in order to be boarded onto ships?

• Horseback

• Train

• Marched

• Kayak

What percentage of slaves would die on the trip from Africa to the Americas?

• 5%

• 10%

• 15%

• 20%

What would ship captains do with sick slaves?

• Kill them

• Throw them overboard

• Separate them so they wouldn't infect the other slaves

• give them extra food to keep them alive so they could still sell them later

What did many Africans believe to be true about Europeans?

• They thought they were demons

• They thought they were cannibals

• They thought they were gods

• They thought they were devils

What did many slaves (on ships) do in order to escape the torture?

• Try to run away

• Meditate

• Take their own lives