WorksheetsThe Atlantic Slave Trade
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 13mins
Almost all of the slaves who came to the Americas were captured from _____.
England
Europe
Africa
France
Slaves were put on _______ and brought across the Atlantic to the European colonies in the Americas.
trains
ships
planes
wagons
When they got to the colonies, slaves often worked on large farms called ______ where they grew one profitable crop.
plantations
villages
The _____ is the voyage of slave ships across the Atlantic Ocean
Triangular trade
Middle Passage
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Where were most slaves in the Caribbean and North American put to work?
Gold and silver mines
farms and sugar plantations
grain mills
Why were Africans forced to work in the Americas?
To spread Christianity
The Atlantic Slave Trade:
To share riches and wealth with them
RACISM is
The belief that one race is superior to another.
Easily seen or understood.
Not active.
The social separation of groups of people especially by race.
SEGREGATION is
Unequal treatment based on a person's race
separation of groups of people, especially by race.
The feeling of being weighed down or held back by an unfair force
Most slaves in history have been taken from this continent:
Europe
North America
Africa
Asia
Europeans were the only people who took Africans as slaves.
Yes
No
What would be the biggest threat to the slaves' lives onboard the ship?
Disease
Violence
Drowning
Starvation
________ were forced onto ships and brought to the Americas to work.
Enslaved Africans
Indentured Servants
Middle Passages
One key reason Europeans enslaved Africans was that Europeans
wanted slaves to help build their estates in Europe.
wanted large numbers of workers for their plantations in the Americas.
wanted to sell slaves to other African kingdoms.
Which of the following did not occur on slave ships?
Enslaved Africans were allowed little exercise.
Enslaved Africans were often packed so closely together that they could barely move.
The heat and foul smell inside the ship were terrible.
Enslaved Africans who got sick saw a doctor immediately.
Most enslaved Africans didn't get sick on slave ships, and very few died during the trip.
True
False
What were the crops grown in the Europeans' colonies that demanded African slave work?
sugar cane, cotton, tobacco
syrup, cotton, corn
African kings collected ________ and sold them to the European slave traders.
criminals, debtors, prisoners of war
Europeans
cannibals
On a slave ship, why were the men made to perform dances?
for exercise and prevent rebellion
to keep them happy to prevent fighting back
to practice working as one
According to the graph, where were most African slaves brought to in the New World?
Danish Caribbean
Brazil
North America
How did slavery begin in Africa?
People were promised a better life (lied to) and they signed up
The kings sold them to the Europeans
They volunteered to go to save their other family members
What did the slave ship captains do to show proof of purchase?
cut off the slaves' ear
branded them
cut off their foot
tied them up in chains
How did the Atlantic Slave Trade effect Africa's future?
Africa's economy was damaged
Africa's villages ceased to exist
Africa's population increased
How did Europeans justify taking Africans into slavery?
They claimed that Africans were biologically inferior
They claimed that Africans were biologically superior
They claimed Africans were vegetarians
The buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas was called the ___.
Middle Passage
Triangular Trade
Atlantic Slave Trade
What group of people often captured slaves in Africa for sale/trade to other continents?
Other Africans
the Chinese
the Mongols
How were the Europeans able to get slaves in Africa?
by trading iron and weapons with African tribal leaders
by trading gold and silver with Africans
by trading plantation products with African farmers
How did many African tribal leaders profit by participating in the European slave trade?
by beginning resistance movements against Europeans
by traveling to the Americas to start plantations
by selling other Africans captured during wars
In addition to increased tribal warfare, how did the Europeans affect Africa during the slave trade?
plantations built
population decreased
isolationism increased
established settler colonies
How did the European slave trade affect Africa socially?
African tribes began converting to Judaism.
African education systems became widespread.
African families and communities were split apart.
Why were Europeans trading weapons and other goods in Africa?
to get African goods to sell in Europe
to get raw materials and cash crops
to get slaves from African kings
to get land to build colonies
How did the European slave trade cause tribal warfare to increase in Africa?
Africans captured other tribes get slaves to trade to Europeans
The demand for African slaves in Asia increased.
Europeans kidnapped entire African societies for slave labor.
What continents did the Atlantic Slave Trade involve?
North America, South America, and Brazil
North America, South America, Europe, and Africa
North America, Europe, and Africa
The Atlantic Slave Trade was _______.
an injustice
justified
necessary
Why did some slaves on the slave ships think their captors were cannibals
because the ships kept coming back for more slaves, and the ships were empty when they arrived
because the slaves actually witnessed the European slave captors eating the African people
When people refer to "THE AMERICAS" what do they mean?
United States only
North America only
North America and South America
the islands of the Caribbean only
The last several days and weeks, we have been learning about what continent?
(a)
