Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade

Question 1

How did Europeans benefit from the Triangular Trade?

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Europeans benefitted from the raw materials that were exported from America to create manufactured goods that would later be for sale.

Question 2

Within the Triangular Trade, what did Africans provide to Europeans in exchange for manufactured goods?

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slaves

Question 3

The Americas started using African slaves, because the Native Americans ____________.

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were dying from disease

Question 4

Europeans wanted Slaves in the Americas for all of the following except

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to mine diamonds

Question 5

Within the Triangular Trade, what did America provide for Europeans in exchange for slaves?

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raw materials

Question 6

The first Europeans to trade African slaves in the Americas were the _______.

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Portuguese

Question 7

What 3 nations mentioned in the lecture used African slaves in the Americas?

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Spain, Portugal and England

Question 8

Most slaves captured by the Portuguese eventually were imported into what country?

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the United States

Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade Answers