APWH- Slave Trade

Question 0

What country started the slave trade and in what year?

Answer 0

Portugal (1600)

Question 1

Where did most of the slaves go?

Answer 1

Brazil

Question 2

What country produced most of the slaves (26%)?

Answer 2

Angola

Question 3

From 1690-1807, who was the leading carrier of slaves?

Answer 3

England

Question 4

What was the life expectancy in Brazil in the 19th century?

Answer 4

23-male

25.5-female

Question 5

Slavery has been about ____ up until 1500? And from 1500 on it was about ____?

Answer 5

Religion; skin color

Question 6

How many slaves reached the Americas between 1450 and 1850?

Answer 6

11 million

Question 7

Caribbean received __%, Brazil __%, and Spanish America __% of slaves?

Answer 7

35%; 40%; 15%

Question 8

Gender balance–> east coast had more _____ and west coast had more ______?

Answer 8

Males; Females

Question 9

Brazil was the principal source of what during the 1600s?

Answer 9

Sugar

Question 10

1700s- ____ ______ surpassed Brazil with sugar production.

Answer 10

West Indies

Question 11

What were some effects of plantations?

Answer 11

Deforestation & erosion

Question 12

How long does it take sugar cane to be ready for harvest?

Answer 12

14-18 months

Question 13

Even though slavery took millions of people, African population increased due to ________ ________?

Answer 13

Columbian exchange

Question 14

90% of the population were _____ on islands.

Answer 14

Slaves

Question 15

Creole is mix of what languages?

Answer 15

European and African languages

Question 16

What did slave owners force slaves to do to avoid unity between them?

Answer 16

Slaves were forced to learn colonial language.

Question 17

____ coast of Africa joins the Atlantic slave trade later.

Answer 17

East

Question 18

_____ African slave trade traded domestic servants, concubines, & plantation workers to ______ & Persian Gulf.

Answer 18

East; Arabia

Question 19

In the late __ century and early __ century slave trade increased.

Answer 19

18; 19

Question 20

French sugar and coffee plantations by Indian Ocean cause what slave trade to get involved?

Answer 20

East African slave trade

Question 21

Brazil wasn’t getting enough slave labor from ____ slave trade so the _____ slave trade got involved.

Answer 21

Atlantic; East African

Question 22

For CCOT, list possible changes.

Answer 22

East&West were separate
Smaller scale 
Slavery became about skin color 
Leading carrier Portugal --> England 
Main destination Brazil --> W. Indies