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| The capture and transport of Black Africans across the Atlantic to the New World is called the | Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade |
| The first Europeans to trade with the Africans were the | Portuguese |
| Approximately how many Africans were taken from the continent? | 11,600,000 |
| How many Africans arrived in the New World? | 10,000,000 |
| What happened to the 1,600,000 Africans who did not make it to the New World? | They died from harsh treatment, starvation, diseases either on their way to the African Coast, or on the Middle Passage |
| What was the Middle Passage? | The leg of the journey on the ship that took the Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World to be used as slaves |
| What country took in the most slaves, and how approximately how many did they take? | Brazil; 4,000,000 |
| How many slaves came to the United States? | 645,000 |
| In what years were the most slaves taken? | 1700's |
| The three-part trading system between Europe, Africa, and the New World was called | The Triangular Trade |
| Did most of the slaves come from West Africa, Central Africa, or East Africa? | West Africa |
| Did the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade involve more men or women? | Men; 2 to 1 |
| Why did they need so many slaves in the New World? | For farming and mining |
| The Portuguese set up the first sugar plantations where slaves were used on | the islands of Sao Tome, and Principe |
| What did the Europeans trade to the Africans? | Pots, pans, alcohol, guns, and horses |
| What did the Europeans bring back to Europe from the Caribbean? | sugar, cotton, rum, tobacco, and coffee |
| Did the Europeans travel into the African interior to get slaves? | No, they hired middlemen to go into the interior to capture them and bring them to the coast |
| What were barracoons? | Pens were they kept slaves waiting to be shipped to the New World |
| How did Africans practice slavery before the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade? | They used their prisoners of war as their own slaves |
| What is a century? | 100 years |
| They needed slaves in the New World because many of the indigenous people died from European illnesses. What does indigenous mean? | Native. Someone native to a particular region |
| The African continent was filled with perils. What is the definition of perils? | Dangers |
| The first slaves were taken across the Atlantic Ocean in the year | 1532 |
| Some slave owners would do this so they could identify their slaves if they ran away | They would brand them |
| What centuries did the slave trade span? | 1500's to 1800's |
| Slavery can be defined as | A personal who owns another and can be sold at will |
| Think very hard...who is the best teacher ever? | Mrs. Nuzzo :) |
| The length of time it could take for a slave ship to cross the Atlantic could be anywhere from... | one to six months |
