The Transatlantic Slave Trade

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

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

• Sharecropper

• Subsistence

• Plantation

• Terrace

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

• True

• False

Once captives reached their intended destination, they were subjected to the process of being sold at ___________________.

• Ticket Sale.

• Mall.

• Market.

• Auction.

The majority of plantations were located in...

• The Americas

• Africa

• Asia

• Antartica

How many African slaves are estimated to have been transported across the Atlantic?

• Between 10 and 12

• Between 10 and 12 hundred

• Between 10 and 12 thousand

• Between 10 and 12 million

About _______ of the salves shipped to America came on British Ships.

• half

• a third

• a third

• three quaters

In what ways was Britain involved in the slave trade? (choose all that apply)

• Ship owners, bankers, mayors, investors and importers became very rich from the slave trade.

• Slavery contributed to major cultural investment in Britian, such as art collections, public buildings and elected officials.

• The Royal family invested in and supported the slave trade.

• Slaves worked on plantations in Britain to help produce the raw goods that would be shipped overseas.

• Slave money made Britain one of the richest and most powerful nations in the world.