Y9 Transatlantic Slave Trade

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

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

• Ticket Sale.

• Mall.

• Market.

• Auction.

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

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.

• 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.

The Transatlantic Slave Trade is also known as:

The majority of slaves that were brought to the American colonies were brought to...

• Work on building houses

• Work on Plantations

• Work on the railroad

• Work on building ships

Africans were captured, mostly, by whom?

• English Colonists.

• Slave ship captains.

• Other Africans.

• Plantation Masters

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

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.