The slave trade (class 7)

When were millions of Africans sold into slavery?

• in the 16th century

• in the 17th century

• in the 18th century

• in the 19th century

The trade triangle made ________________________ rich.

• the slaves

• the Brits

• the traders

• the captives

Which goods were brought from America to Europe during the slave trade?

• clothes

• enslaved Africans

• coffee

• pots

• sugar

How long did the captives' journey to America take?

• 8 days

• 8 weeks

• 8 months

• 8 years

On their journey the African captives were treated like (behandelt wie)...

• goods

• persons

• things

• people

When slaves died on their journey to America, ...

• ... they were buried

  (wurden sie begraben).

• ... they were thrown into the water

  (wurden sie ins Wasser geworfen).

• ... they were burnt

  (wurden sie verbrannt).

White Europeans used slaves on the plantations because...

• ... they didn't want to pay the workers.

• ... they wanted the strongest men to work for them.

• ... they wanted to become rich.

• ... they didn't have any money.

What was life for slaves like?

• brutal

• hard

• healthy

• terrible

Who could be a slave?

• men

• women

• boys

• girls

How did people fight against slavery?

• Some worked harder than they had to.

• Some worked slowly.

• Some pretended to be sick.

• Some rebelled against their masters.