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Transatlantic Slave Trade - activity 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

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Class
Date
1.

It is false about the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

a)

Trading system connecting three continents

b)

It connected Europe, Africa and the Americas through trade

c)

It lasted roughly from the 1500s to the 1800s

d)

It did not include enslaved people

2.

What types of goods did Europeans trade with African groups in exchange for enslaved people?

a)

Only weapons

b)

weapons, alcohol, clothing and iron

c)

alcoholic beverages

d)

only gold medals

3.

Which product taken by Europeans might promote more conflict?

a)

clothing

b)

alcoholic drinks

c)

weapons

d)

gold medals

4.

Trading weapons for enslaved people might fuel conflict in the African continent because...

a)

one of the ways to enslave people was to sell your prisoners of war

b)

more weapons were used to fight more wars and enslave enemies

c)

more weapons were an incentive to more battles to enslave more people

d)

ALL OF THE OPTIONS ARE CORRECT

5.

What products were sold by European regions to different colonies in the Americas? Select two options

a)

sugar

b)

luxury products such as furniture and wine

c)

clothing

d)

tobacco

6.

Which products were traded by the colonies in the Americas to Europe? Select two options.

a)

sugar

b)

tobacco

c)

clothing

d)

enslaved people

7.

Where in Africa were most enslaved people taken from?

a)

Current Nigeria (Bight of Biafra)

b)

Senegambia and Sierra Leone (West Africa)

c)

Eastern coast of Africa like Mozambique

d)

West Central Africa

such as Congo, and Angola

8.

Where in the Americas were most enslaved Africans taken to?

a)

only Southeast Brazil / Rio de Janeiro

b)

only Bahia

c)

Caribbean Islands

d)

Brazil

9.

How many enslaved people were taken to the Southeast of Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)?

a)

less than 100 thousand people

b)

about 2 million people

c)

about 5 million people

d)

about 18 thousand people

10.

Where in South America were most enslaved people taken to?

a)

Haiti in the Caribbean Islands

b)

Cuba in the Caribbean Islands

c)

Southeast Brazil through the port of Rio de Janeiro

d)

Bahia in current Brazil