The Triangular Trade

The first leg of the Triangular Trade was from a port in Britain to the West African coast (True or False)

True

Trade goods were items that were taken on the slave ships to exchange with African chiefs for slaves. (True or False)

True

What name was given for the journey across the Atlantic to the Caribbean?

Middle Passage

Once in the Caribbean slaves were normally sold to plantation owners by auction. (True or False)

True

The most common slave grown good bought with the profits made by selling slaves in the Caribbean was what?

Sugar

How long would the whole journey from Britain, to West Africa, to the Caribbean and back to Britain often take?

One year

What was the name of the native people in the Caribbean who died from disease like the flu which were brought to the islands by Europeans?

Arawaks

What name describes the British people who volunteered to work for free on the Caribbean sugar plantations in exchange for land at the end of their terms of service?

Bonded servants

The British tried to solve the labour problem on the plantations by transporting criminals to the Caribbean and forcing them to work for the duration of their sentence. (True or False)

True

One reason why Africans were deemed to be suited to slave labour on sugar plantations was that they were thought to be well suited to hard labour in hot conditions as the conditions were the same in Africa. (True or False)

True

Another reason why Africans were deemed to be suited to slave labour on sugar plantations was that some Britons said they were uncivilised and in some way deserving of enslavement as they were not Christian. (True or False)

True

What was spread around West Africa thanks to the movement of slaves from the interior to slave forts on the coast?

Disease

Some tribal chiefs decided to punish criminals by passing them to slave traders and this led to a breakdown of traditional tribal laws. (True or False)

True

The result of slavers giving African chiefs firearms, in exchange for slaves, led to an increase in violence and slave raids/ conflict. (True or False)

True

The slave trade led to a serious decline in population in West Africa. (True or False)

True

The slave trade led to famine in some parts of West Africa as a result of farmers being torn from their land. (True or False)

True

The slave trade led to a decline in traditional arts and crafts in West Africa as a result of artisans being torn from their land. (True or False)

True

The slave trade helped to create the conditions for the colonial exploitation of Africa thanks to the uneven relationship between the slave traders and African. (True or False)

True

Who inspected slaves when they arrived at a slave factory on the African coast?

Surgeon

Male and female slaves were kept separately in slave forts. True or false

True

What did female slaves suffer from in the forts?

Abuse

What were the floors of the dungeons in slave forts covered with?

Excrement

How many people were often crammed into a dungeon that was fit for 200?

1000

Who normally brought slaves to the factories?

Chiefs

Which disease was particularly common amongst the slaves in the factories?

Malaria