Atlantic Slave Trade / Westward Expansion

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 were the conditions of the slave boats during the Middle Passage?

• The lodgings were clean and sanitary for the slaves

• The slaves were well fed and clothed

• The conditions were dirty and unsanitary for the slaves

• All of the above

Why did so many people die on the Middle Passage?

• Slave traders usually purchased unhealthy individuals

• Disease and malnutrition

• Overloaded ships often sank

• Successful rebellions on board ships took many lives

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

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

How many Africans did not make the trip across the Atlantic?

• about 20%
• about 30%
• about 40%

The buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas was called the -?

• Middle Passage
• Triangular Trade
• Atlantic Slave Trade
• The Bermuda Triangle

What group of people usually captured slaves in Africa?

• Other Africans
• Europeans
• Mongols
• Chinese

What do you call a product that is brought IN from another county?

• impasses

• import

• export

• raw materials

Slavery existed...

• Only in Africa

• Only in the United States before 1865

• In every society ever in history in some form or fashion

• In Asia and Europe

About how many Africans were forced into slavery via the Atlantic slave trade?

• 3,000

• 40,000

• 500,000

• 12 Million