history final

What was one main reason why slave trading greatly expanded beginning around the 1500s?

Europeans started depending on slaves for free labor in new colonies.

Why was there such a high death rate during the Middle Passage?

Slaves died of diseases and mistreatment.

Which two events were most directly responsible for major population migrations in the 1700s?

the Columbian Exchange and Atlantic slave trade

\_________ is a policy by which a nation sought to export more than it imported in order to build its supply of gold and silver.

Mercantilism