Trade & Imperialism

What is the middle passage?

• the trip from England to Africa

• the trip from England to the Americas

• the trip from Africa to the Americas

• the trip from Africa to England

The trade that allowed movement of goods, people and materials among the continents.

• Continental trade

• Triangular Trade

• Slave Trade

• European Trade

Slaves willingly left their homes for a better life in America.

• True

• False

The main export from Africa was

• tobacco

• slaves

• rum

• indigo

Why were the slaves treated so badly during the Middle Passage?

• The slaves had weapons so the sailors had to fight them.

• The sailors were afraid the slaves would overtake the ship.

• They weren't treated badly.

• They didn't deserve to be treated well.

Africans were captured, mostly, by whom?

• English Colonists.

• Slave ship captains.

• Other Africans.

• Plantation Masters

Captives were subjected to many horrors below the deck of a slave ship. Which option below was not a challenged faced by the captives?

• Starvation.

• Disease.

• Over exposure to direct sunlight.

• Overcrowding.

The _____________ _________________ was the most dangerous leg of the _______________ ______________ route. It took 2-3 months to reach the Americas.

• Last Passage, Triangle Trade

• Middle Passage, Triangle Trade

• Deadly Passage, Silk Road

• Triangle Trade, Middle Passage

Which correctly defines, "raw material"?

• a soft white fibrous substance that surrounds the seeds of a tropical and subtropical plant and is used as textile fiber and thread for sewing.

• merchandise or possessions.

• the action of buying and selling goods and services.

• the basic material from which a product is made.

True or False: Our Culture today is profoundly influenced by the existence of slavery in our country's past?

• True

• False