Question
How was the Atlantic slave trade beneficial for merchants in Europe?
They had a new market in West Africa for their manufactured goods.
They had improved relationships with merchant sailors.
They had a source of free labor in the slaves they traded for.
They had lower expenses with new materials gained from Africa.
Question 2(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
Why did the Atlantic slave trade from Africa begin?
Africans needed military protection from the Europeans during the war.
American landowners needed more slaves to farm their tobacco fields.
European factories needed cotton from America to make their textiles.
European powers needed African workers for their sugar plantations.
Question 3(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
What might be the cargo of a ship moving from Europe to West Africa in the trans-Atlantic slave trade?
Rum from the Caribbean
Slaves from the Caribbean
Manufactured goods from France
Tobacco from the Americas
Question 4(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
One triangular trade route moved slaves, rum, and goods between
Central America, West Africa, and New England
New England, West Africa, and the Caribbean
South American, Europe, and East Africa
the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and England
Question 5(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
How were slaves used by the Maya and the Aztecs?
Slaves could buy their freedom after serving for two years.
Slaves could work toward owning a portion of the land.
Slaves were not allowed to eat the crops they worked.
Slaves were sometimes used as a sacrifice to the gods.
Question 6(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
Why did plantation owners begin to import African slaves to work their farms?
They believed Africans would be more loyal to them because they were from another continent.
They could get more slaves from Africa for less money than they were currently paying.
They feared attacks from Native American slaves who were skilled warriors.
They realized that people from Africa were more resistant to disease than Native Americans were.
Question 7(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
How do scholars believe slavery most likely began?
Prisoners captured during war were forced to farm land for their captors.
Slavery began as a punishment for those who did not follow the laws and rules.
Soldiers who didn't meet standards in the military were forced to serve others.
Wealthy noblemen began to use peasants to build ships and castles.
Question 8(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
Works like the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano helped expose
the brutal conditions of slavery
the benefits of triangle trade
the flaws of the popular abolition movement
the economic value of the plantation system
They had a new market in West Africa for their manufactured goods.
They had improved relationships with merchant sailors.
They had a source of free labor in the slaves they traded for.
They had lower expenses with new materials gained from Africa.
Question 2(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
Why did the Atlantic slave trade from Africa begin?
Africans needed military protection from the Europeans during the war.
American landowners needed more slaves to farm their tobacco fields.
European factories needed cotton from America to make their textiles.
European powers needed African workers for their sugar plantations.
Question 3(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
What might be the cargo of a ship moving from Europe to West Africa in the trans-Atlantic slave trade?
Rum from the Caribbean
Slaves from the Caribbean
Manufactured goods from France
Tobacco from the Americas
Question 4(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
One triangular trade route moved slaves, rum, and goods between
Central America, West Africa, and New England
New England, West Africa, and the Caribbean
South American, Europe, and East Africa
the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and England
Question 5(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
How were slaves used by the Maya and the Aztecs?
Slaves could buy their freedom after serving for two years.
Slaves could work toward owning a portion of the land.
Slaves were not allowed to eat the crops they worked.
Slaves were sometimes used as a sacrifice to the gods.
Question 6(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
Why did plantation owners begin to import African slaves to work their farms?
They believed Africans would be more loyal to them because they were from another continent.
They could get more slaves from Africa for less money than they were currently paying.
They feared attacks from Native American slaves who were skilled warriors.
They realized that people from Africa were more resistant to disease than Native Americans were.
Question 7(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
How do scholars believe slavery most likely began?
Prisoners captured during war were forced to farm land for their captors.
Slavery began as a punishment for those who did not follow the laws and rules.
Soldiers who didn't meet standards in the military were forced to serve others.
Wealthy noblemen began to use peasants to build ships and castles.
Question 8(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
Works like the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano helped expose
the brutal conditions of slavery
the benefits of triangle trade
the flaws of the popular abolition movement
the economic value of the plantation system
Answers
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Here are the answers to your multiple-choice questions based on historical context regarding the Atlantic slave trade:
**Question 1: How was the Atlantic slave trade beneficial for merchants in Europe?**
- **Answer:** They had a source of free labor in the slaves they traded for.
**Question 2: Why did the Atlantic slave trade from Africa begin?**
- **Answer:** European powers needed African workers for their sugar plantations.
**Question 3: What might be the cargo of a ship moving from Europe to West Africa in the trans-Atlantic slave trade?**
- **Answer:** Manufactured goods from France.
**Question 4: One triangular trade route moved slaves, rum, and goods between**
- **Answer:** New England, West Africa, and the Caribbean.
**Question 5: How were slaves used by the Maya and the Aztecs?**
- **Answer:** Slaves were sometimes used as a sacrifice to the gods.
**Question 6: Why did plantation owners begin to import African slaves to work their farms?**
- **Answer:** They realized that people from Africa were more resistant to disease than Native Americans were.
**Question 7: How do scholars believe slavery most likely began?**
- **Answer:** Prisoners captured during war were forced to farm land for their captors.
**Question 8: Works like the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano helped expose**
- **Answer:** the brutal conditions of slavery.
These answers should provide a comprehensive understanding of the context surrounding the Atlantic slave trade and its implications in history.
**Question 1: How was the Atlantic slave trade beneficial for merchants in Europe?**
- **Answer:** They had a source of free labor in the slaves they traded for.
**Question 2: Why did the Atlantic slave trade from Africa begin?**
- **Answer:** European powers needed African workers for their sugar plantations.
**Question 3: What might be the cargo of a ship moving from Europe to West Africa in the trans-Atlantic slave trade?**
- **Answer:** Manufactured goods from France.
**Question 4: One triangular trade route moved slaves, rum, and goods between**
- **Answer:** New England, West Africa, and the Caribbean.
**Question 5: How were slaves used by the Maya and the Aztecs?**
- **Answer:** Slaves were sometimes used as a sacrifice to the gods.
**Question 6: Why did plantation owners begin to import African slaves to work their farms?**
- **Answer:** They realized that people from Africa were more resistant to disease than Native Americans were.
**Question 7: How do scholars believe slavery most likely began?**
- **Answer:** Prisoners captured during war were forced to farm land for their captors.
**Question 8: Works like the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano helped expose**
- **Answer:** the brutal conditions of slavery.
These answers should provide a comprehensive understanding of the context surrounding the Atlantic slave trade and its implications in history.