Slave Trade

Question 1

Transatlantic Slave Trade

Answer 1

Term used to describe the selling of slaves across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americans

Question 2

Trading forts

Answer 2

European forts where enslaved Africans were temporarily housed

Question 3

Gold Coast

Answer 3

The name that was given to the west coast where Europeans traded for gold

Question 4

middle passage

Answer 4

The second stage where the ships carried the Africans from Africa to either the Carribean Islands or the Americas

Question 5

branded

Answer 5

Where you are marked permanently with an hot iron

Question 6

Triangular Trade

Answer 6

The name given to the transatlantic slave trade . The route look like a triangle. Europe to West Africa to the Caribbean and the Americas

Question 7

About how many Africans were forcibly transported

Answer 7

10-12 million

Question 8

How many died at sea

Answer 8

2 million

Question 9

How many percent of slaves went where

Answer 9

48%- Caribbean
41%- Brazil
5%- U.S

Question 10

How long did the voyage take

Answer 10

5-8 weeks

Question 11

What things did the Europeans trade to the Africans

Answer 11

Rum and guns

Question 12

What countries were involved in the slave trade

Answer 12

Spain, Portugal, holland and Britain

Question 13

Some risk slave traders took

Answer 13

Storms pirates disease and rebellions

Question 14

Some bad conditions

Answer 14

Little fresh air , chained ,and lie in their own waste

Question 15

Chattel Slavery

Answer 15

A form of slavery that treats the slaves as property. The word chattel comes from the word cattle.

Question 16

Slave traders thought that having slaves was a blessing and that they were helping slaves find their eternal salvation

Answer 16

…………

Question 17

How much did slaves sell

Answer 17

8-10 times more then their purchased price in Africa

Question 18

Once a slave was in the Caribbean how long did you live

Answer 18

4-7 years

Question 19

Why did New England have most of the ships for the trade slave

Answer 19

They had landscape and climates unsuitable for commercial farming. New England looked to the sea for livelihood

Question 20

How many of RI ships were involved in the slave trade

Answer 20

2/3.

Question 21

What other items were brought from Africa to the Caribbean

Answer 21

Elephant tusks, gold dust, and camwood

Question 22

Top 5 destinations for slaves on Rhode Island ships

Answer 22

Cuba
Other Caribbean island
South Carolina 
Barbados
Rhode Island

Question 23

Tabacco was traded from the Caribbean island to U.K

Answer 23

………

Question 24

Royal African Company

Answer 24

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Question 25

Why would the crew chain rocks to the slaves

Answer 25

Because they would have too many slaves on the ship

Question 26

Why would they whip the slaves

Answer 26

To show who the boss was