8.2.3 Europe and the Enslavement and Trade of People

In which century did Portugal begin trading goods in exchange for enslaved people?

• 1600s

• 1300s

• 1400s

• 1500s

What were people from West Africa traded for across the Sahara desert?

• Silk

• Salt and other goods

• Spices

• Gold

What did European traders bring to West Africa in exchange for enslaved people?

• Tea, coffee, and sugar

• Gold, silver, and bronze

• Cloth, rum, and salt

• Wheat, barley, and oats

What ideology did many Europeans hold that targeted West Africans for enslavement?

• Economic necessity

• Religious superiority

• Racist ideologies

• Political dominance

What was the impact of guns being brought to Africa by European traders?

• Enhanced local security

• Increased agricultural production

• Villages became threats to neighbors

• Improved trade relations with Europeans

What could descendants of enslaved people in West Africa eventually become?

• Traders

• Free

• Skilled workers

• Landowners

Match the following

• send settlers to a place and establish political control over it

• to justify

• to make someone a slave

• slave

• someone who is legally owned by another person

• Colonise

• to give reasons for why an action or thing is good and right

• vulnerable

• exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

• enslave

​ (a)   were traded from ​Britain to Africa.

​ (b)   were traded from ​Africa to America.

​ (c)   were traded from Africa to Britain.

• Manufactured goods
• Slaves
• Raw goods