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The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What European country began the transatlantic slave trade?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Portugal

2.

What shape best describes the pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas via the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Circle

b)

Triangle

c)

Square

d)

Pyramid

3.

Part of triangular trade during which enslaved Africans were transported across the Atlantic Ocean to America.

a)

Middle passage

b)

Cash crops

c)

First leg

d)

Journey to the center of the earth

4.

What kind of agricultural system did European colonists implement in the Caribbean?

a)

Sharecropper

b)

Subsistence

c)

Plantation

d)

Terrace

5.

True or False: Our Culture today is profoundly influenced by the existence of slavery in our country's past?

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Once captives reached their intended destination, they were subjected to the process of being sold at ___________________.

a)

Ticket Sale.

b)

Mall.

c)

Market.

d)

Auction.

7.

The majority of plantations were located in...

a)

The Americas

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

Antartica

8.

How many African slaves are estimated to have been transported across the Atlantic?

a)

Between 10 and 12

b)

Between 10 and 12 hundred

c)

Between 10 and 12 thousand

d)

Between 10 and 12 million

9.

About _______ of the salves shipped to America came on British Ships.

a)

half

b)

a third

c)

a third

d)

three quaters

10.

In what ways was Britain involved in the slave trade? (choose all that apply)

a)

Ship owners, bankers, mayors, investors and importers became very rich from the slave trade.

b)

Slavery contributed to major cultural investment in Britian, such as art collections, public buildings and elected officials.

c)

The Royal family invested in and supported the slave trade.

d)

Slaves worked on plantations in Britain to help produce the raw goods that would be shipped overseas.

e)

Slave money made Britain one of the richest and most powerful nations in the world.