Transatlantic slave trade

In the Ancient World, all but which was a reason you might be enslaved

• You can't pay your debts

• You broke the law

• Your race

• You are a prisoner of war

What European country began the transatlantic slave trade?

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Portugal

What shape best describes the pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas via the Atlantic Ocean?

• Circle

• Triangle

• Square

• Pyramid

Part of triangular trade during which enslaved Africans were transported across the Atlantic Ocean to America.

• Middle passage

• Cash crops

• First leg

• Journey to the center of the earth

Crops grown for profit over feeding the local population

• Food crops

• Cash crops

• Textiles

• Firearms

What kind of agricultural system did European colonists implement in the Caribbean?

• Sharecropper

• Subsistence

• Plantation

• Terrace

What location served as a training ground for the plantation-style slavery of the United States?

• Africa

• New York City

• Brazil

• The Caribbean

What happened to the West African kingdom’s trans-Sahara trade routes as a result of the transatlantic slave trade?

• They increased

• They decreased

• They stayed the same

All but which happened to the West African kingdoms as a result of the transatlantic slave trade.

• Increased # of firearms

• Destabilization of political, economic and social systems

• Increase in trans-Sahara trade routes

• Increase in conflict between neighboring empires

Approximately what percentage of the population of West Africa was lost to the slave trade?

• 10%

• 30%

• 50%

• 70%