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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

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

• Africa

• New York City

• Brazil

• The Caribbean

The global slave trade that transported between 10 and 15 million enslaved Africans across The Atlantic Ocean to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries.

• Transatlantic Slave Trade

• Triangle Trade

• The Middle Passage

• The Transpacific Slave Trade

What were the new crops grown in the colonies that demanded slave labor?

• sugar cane, cotton, tabacco
• sugar, cotton, wheat
• cotton, wheat, corn

Which phrase accurately describes the conditions aboard the slave ship?

• Luxurious 
• Accommodating
• Spacious 
• Dark and Claustrophobic 

The part of the slave’s journey aboard the ship between Africa and the American colonies was known as the _________________  _________________

• Triangular Trade Route
• Middle Passage
• Northwest Passage
• Bermuda Triangle

How did the Columbian Exchange result in the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

• Diseases wiped out Native American populations

• Europeans needed labor to plant crops in the New World

• Native Americans would rebel or run away from slave masters

• All of the above