Quiz Review Triangular Trade: History, Routes, and Goods

The majority of plantations were located in...

• The Americas

• Africa

• Asia

• Antartica

Raw materials are used to make the things we make ourselves or buy in stores. Those things are called _______________.

• raw materials

• manufactured goods

• natural resources

• from the earth

What was the main purpose of the Triangular Trade?

• To exchange cultural values between continents

• To facilitate the movement of immigrants

• To trade goods and slaves between Europe, Africa, and the Americas

• To explore new lands

How does the author describe life below deck on the ship?

• filthy, dark, and hot, stank of death

• crowded, clean, and cold

• dirty, loud, and exciting

• dangerous, dark, and empty

Which phrase accurately describes the conditions aboard the slave ship?

• Luxurious 
• Accommodating
• Spacious 
• Dark and Claustrophobic 

Which of the following statements is true about the economic impact of the Triangular Trade on the Americas?

• It led to the development of plantation economies

• It caused economic stagnation

• It had no significant impact

• It led to the decline of agriculture

How is Equiano’s emphasis on the smells and the lack of food aboard the ship important to the development of his central ideas and experience on the Middle Passage?

• It suggests that sanitation on the ship was not as much a priority for the Europeans as was profit.

• It highlights how primitive hygienic standards were in the 18th century.

• It emphasizes the inhumane conditions the slaves were forced to endure at the hands of European cruelty.

What was the ship captain's MAIN goal?

• Pack ships full for more money
• Invest in quality food for slaves
• Navigating a direct route for a fast trip
• Having enough life boats in case of storms

Most African kings obtained people for sale into slavery by

• purchasing them from Europeans.

• capturing them as prisoners of war.

• inheriting them from captured kings.

• purchasing children as slaves from their parents.

to deny someone of positive human qualities

• hold

• dehumanizing

• plantation

• European slaver