WorksheetsTransatlantic Slave Trade - activity 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 4mins
It is false about the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
Trading system connecting three continents
It connected Europe, Africa and the Americas through trade
It lasted roughly from the 1500s to the 1800s
It did not include enslaved people
What types of goods did Europeans trade with African groups in exchange for enslaved people?
Only weapons
weapons, alcohol, clothing and iron
alcoholic beverages
only gold medals
Which product taken by Europeans might promote more conflict?
clothing
alcoholic drinks
weapons
gold medals
Trading weapons for enslaved people might fuel conflict in the African continent because...
one of the ways to enslave people was to sell your prisoners of war
more weapons were used to fight more wars and enslave enemies
more weapons were an incentive to more battles to enslave more people
ALL OF THE OPTIONS ARE CORRECT
What products were sold by European regions to different colonies in the Americas? Select two options
sugar
luxury products such as furniture and wine
clothing
tobacco
Which products were traded by the colonies in the Americas to Europe? Select two options.
sugar
tobacco
clothing
enslaved people
Where in Africa were most enslaved people taken from?
Current Nigeria (Bight of Biafra)
Senegambia and Sierra Leone (West Africa)
Eastern coast of Africa like Mozambique
West Central Africa
such as Congo, and Angola
Where in the Americas were most enslaved Africans taken to?
only Southeast Brazil / Rio de Janeiro
only Bahia
Caribbean Islands
Brazil
How many enslaved people were taken to the Southeast of Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)?
less than 100 thousand people
about 2 million people
about 5 million people
about 18 thousand people
Where in South America were most enslaved people taken to?
Haiti in the Caribbean Islands
Cuba in the Caribbean Islands
Southeast Brazil through the port of Rio de Janeiro
Bahia in current Brazil
