Question

1. What was the primary reason for the Atlantic slave trade?(1 point)
Responses

To find new land
To find new land

To meet labor demands in the Americas
To meet labor demands in the Americas

To establish trade routes
To establish trade routes

To spread European culture

Answer 1

To meet labor demands in the Americas.

(Colonies needed large, cheap labor for plantations and mines, which drove the transatlantic slave trade.)