08 SS The Triangular Trade

What is the trade network that carried slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods between West Africa, the Caribbean and American colonies, and Europe called?

• Circular Trade

• Triangular Trade

• Square Trade

• Linear Trade

Fill in the blank: The Triangular Trade was a trade network that carried slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods between West Africa, the Caribbean and American colonies, and _______.

• Europe

• Asia

• Australia

• South America

Which city was a prominent shipping center during the Triangular Trade?

• New York

• Boston

• Philadelphia

• Charleston

What did American products do in the Triangular Trade?

• Passed through England to other nations

• Stayed in America

• Were sent directly to Africa

What did England send to the colonies during the Triangular Trade?

• Raw materials

• Manufactured goods

• Slaves

In Africa, traders bought slaves to work on plantations in the _______.

• Caribbean

• Asia

• Europe

• Australia

The Triangular Trade allowed some colonists to become:

• Farmers

• Merchants

• Politicians

• Slaves

Merchants depended on the slave trade because it was:

• a source of cheap labor for plantations and industries

• a way to promote cultural exchange

• a method to increase population diversity

• a means to establish diplomatic relations

Merchants fought against what in relation to the slave trade?

• Abolition of the slave trade

• Expansion of the slave trade

• Regulation of the slave trade

• Support for the slave trade

How did the Triangular Trade affect the lifestyles of European colonists?

• Lifestyles improved

• Lifestyles worsened

• No change in lifestyles

• Lifestyles became more difficult