Chapter 2-3

Question 1

Middle Passage

Answer 1

the trade route that transported African slaves to the Americas

Question 2

Moctezuma

Answer 2

an Aztec emperor

Question 3

Jacques Cartier

Answer 3

claimed much of present-day eastern Canada for France

Question 4

conquistadors

Answer 4

the Spanish who vanquished the Americas

Question 5

Hernän Cortës

Answer 5

an explorer who fought and subdued the Aztecs

Question 6

How did Europeans usually acquire African captives for the slave trade?

Answer 6

They seized captives through expeditions into Africa’s interior

Question 7

The English colonies of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Maryland were mainly set up as ______

Answer 7

havens for persecuted religious groups

Question 8

The first leg of the triangular trade route _______

Answer 8

brought European goods to Africa

Question 9

What is an estimate of the number of Africans that probably died in passage to the Americas during the Atlantic Slave Trade?

Answer 9

2 million

Question 10

In 1607, the English established their first permanent colony in the Americas at

Answer 10

Jamestown, Virginia