Transatlantic Slave Trade

What is the African diaspora?

• the population of many Africans across the African continent

• the different groups of Africans living in the Spanish colonies

• the removal of many Africans from their homeland to the Americas

• the journey of Africans from the middle of the continent to West Africa

By the 1500s, how many enslaved Africans worked on Spanish plantations in the Caribbean?

• 10 million

• 75,000

• 5,000

• 1,600

Why was the Middle Passage so difficult?

• Ten to fifteen percent of enslaved people died of disease or despair during the voyage.

• Kingdoms such as Dahomey and Ashanti demanded African goods.

• Europeans were inexperienced at making the journey across the Atlantic Ocean.

• Slave ships were overloaded with cargo for the long journey to the Americas.

What happened during the first part of the triangular trade route?

• Europeans exchanged goods for enslaved Africans.

• Slave ships traveled from West Africa to the Americas.

• Europeans traveled to Europe with goods from the Americas.

• Europeans transferred plants and animals to the Americas.

When was slavery abolished in the United States?

a. 1500s

b. 1807

c. 1843

d. 1808

• 1807

• 1500s

• 1808

• 1843

How did chattel slavery begin?

• The French wanted enslaved people to work on their land in New France.

• The Spanish wanted reinforcements for their fight against the Aztec.

• The English wanted an unlimited source of labor for the Americas.

• The Portuguese wanted enslaved people to work on their sugar plantations.