What was the primary reason Europeans began exploring new trade routes in the 15th Century?

• To find a new route to Asia for exotic goods

• To discover new lands for colonization

• To establish new trade relations with Africa

• To spread Christianity across the world

Which European country had a monopoly on the export of slaves from Africa for two hundred years?

• Spain

• France

• Portugal

• England

What was the second stage of the Triangular Trade known as?

• The Return Passage

• The Middle Passage

• The Final Voyage

• The Slave Route

The Triangular Trade involved taking manufactured goods from Europe to Africa, shipping slaves to the Americas, and returning to Europe with produce from the slave-labor plantations. What was the third stage of this trade?

• Shipping slaves to the Americas

• Returning to Europe with plantation produce

• Taking manufactured goods to Africa

• Exchanging goods for African slaves

For two hundred years, from 1440 to 1640, ___ had a monopoly on the export of slaves from Africa.