Transatlantic Slave Trade

Which countries were the first to start taking Africans to American colonies?

• Brazil

• Protugal

• Britain

• Spain

Later on, which countries joined this trade?

• Germany

• France

• Denmark

• Netherlands

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

• half

• a third

• a third

• three quaters

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

It was not uncommon for captives to fight back against the crew of the slave ships. Which vocabulary word would describe the rebellion?

• Auction

• Mutiny

• Arms

• Supremacy

The experience and horrors of the slave trade are passed down through?

• Slave Narrative

• Autobiographies

• Primary Sources

• Slave Song

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

• Ticket Sale.

• Mall.

• Market.

• Auction.

Which of the following are an example of Primary Source documents?

• A letter written by a doctor on a slave ship describing the conditions on the ship.

• A designers drawing of a slave ship that was used to build a new ship.

• A Social Studies text book chapter about the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

• The autobiography of an African captive, Olaudah Equiano.