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Question 1

Prior to exploration, enslaved people in Africa were often

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captives in war.

Question 2

Why did Europeans enslave Africans for labor in the Americas?

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They had already exploited and decimated Indigenous populations in the Americas.

Question 3

The purpose of the slave codes was to

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legally protect slavery.

Question 4

What effect did the slave trade have on Africa? Choose four correct answers.

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Two million Africans died as a result of slave-trading wars.; Millions of enslaved Africans were taken to the Americas.; West Africa’s population dropped from 25 million to 20 million.; African societies and communities were torn apart.

Question 5

When did British leaders begin to talk about the abolition of slavery?

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the 1700s

Question 6

Slavery began to develop in the Americas during the age of exploration because

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work on plantations was difficult and needed large numbers of workers.

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