WorksheetsTrans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 5hrs 15mins
Why was the Middle Passage so difficult?
Ten to fifteen percent of enslaved people died of disease or despair during the voyage.
Kingdoms such as Dahomey and Ashanti demanded African goods.
Europeans were inexperienced at making the journey across the Atlantic Ocean.
Slave ships were overloaded with cargo for the long journey to the Americas.
What happened during the first part of the triangular trade route?
Europeans exchanged goods for enslaved Africans.
Slave ships traveled from West Africa to the Americas.
Europeans traveled to Europe with goods from the Americas.
Europeans transferred plants and animals to the Americas.
How did chattel slavery begin?
The French wanted enslaved people to work on their land in New France.
The Spanish wanted reinforcements for their fight against the Aztec.
The English wanted an unlimited source of labor for the Americas.
The Portuguese wanted enslaved people to work on their sugar plantations.
Which 2 European countries first colonized Central and South America?
England
Spain
France
Portugal
Where did the vast majority of people forced into the slave trade come from?
West Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Which continent had the highest number of slaves brought to it?
Europe
Australia
North America
South America
During which period of time did Colonialism take hold?
1200s-1400s
1300s-1600s
1400s-1700s
1500s-1800s
What continents did the Atlantic Slave Trade include?
North America, South America, and Brazil
North America, South America, Europe, and Africa
North America, Europe, and Africa
South America, Asia, and Europe
True or False: Slavery begin in the United States
True
False
In what ways did slaves resist?
Pretending to be sick
Working slowly
Running away
all of the above
True or False: On occasion, slaves would revolt or rebel as a way to resist
True
False
The practice of direct controlling and SETTLING of foreign territories is known as:
Pan-Africanism
Agricultural Revolution
Colonialism
Imperialism
Many enslaved Africans died of malnutrition or disease in the middle passage.
True
False
This was the name of the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the Americas where millions of enslaved Africans were taken away from their homeland. What was this called?
The Trans-Saharan Trade
The Silk Road
Caravans
The Middle Passage
What did the Berlin Conference of 1884 do?
It divided up the lands of Africa among the European powers, yet no African leaders were invited to take part in this.
It ended slavery in Europe and the Americas.
They came to the conclusion that Europeans would remove all colonies from Africa.
It made slavery illegal in all parts of Africa.
The Columbian Exchange was a result of Henry Hudson’s voyages to the New World.
True
False, Hernan Cortes
False, Francisco Pizarro
False, Christopher Columbus
Crops, such as diptheria, measles, smallpox, and malaria were accidentally carried to the New World by explorers and later by settlers
True
False, cures
False, Diseases
