Transatlantic Slave Trade

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

• Circle

• Triangle

• Square

• Pyramid

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

What European country began the transatlantic slave trade?

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Portugal

The "Middle Passage" referred to

• the creation of the Panama Canal in Central America.

• the transportation of slaves from Africa to the New World.

• Lewis and Clark's expedition into the Louisiana Territory

• the best route over the Rocky Mountains to get to California.

· sea voyage of a month or more

· between Africa and the Americas

· approximately 12 million people made the journey

· a death rate of approximately 25% during the journe

• Triangular Trade.

• Mercantilist theory.

• the Middle Passage

• the Columbian Exchange.

The decline in the native population in South America MOST LIKELY led to

• the importation of slaves from Africa.

• the removal of the Jesuits from South America.

• a call for an end to colonization of the Americas.

• the search to enslave more native peoples from North America.

Crops grown for profit over feeding the local population

• Food crops

• Cash crops

• Textiles

• Firearms

Most African kings obtained people for sale into slavery by

• purchasing them from Europeans.

• capturing them as prisoners of war.

• inheriting them from captured kings.

• purchasing children as slaves from their parents.

What continents did the Atlantic Slave Trade include?

• North America, South America, and Brazil

• North America, South America, Europe, and Africa

• North America, Europe, and Africa

• South America, Asia, and Europe