Ap Euro 1.9 (The African Slave Trade)

Question 1

One of the main causes of the slave trade was…

Answer 1

The establishment on plantation economies in the New World

Question 2

What was one reason as to why Europeans chose Africans to become slaves in the Americas?

Answer 2

Because Africans had been in contact with Europeans for a while, and they’d had a decent amount of immunity to European diseases.

Question 3

In terms of geography, why were Africans chosen to work in the Americas?

Answer 3

Because they didn’t know the land or the layout of the New World and were less likely to escape the plantations.