The Middle Passage

Question 1

What are the main reasons Europeans came to the West Indies? Choose allanswers that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

to look for gold; for coffee and sugar; for trade opportunities

Question 2

The Middle Passage brought enslaved workers from Europe to Africa✔ Africa to the Americasthe Americas to Europe.

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✔ Africa to the Americas

Question 3

Which of these are factors that caused Europeans in the West Indies to use enslaved Africans? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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They needed many people to work on their plantations.; They turned to Africans after West Indies natives died in large numbers.

Question 4

Goods commonly on ships from Europe to Africa included ✔ cloth and gunssilverX sugar and molasses.

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✔ cloth and guns

Question 5

Ships carried goods such as rum and cotton from the Americas to .

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Europe

Question 6

Why did African traders begin seeking more people to enslave?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Europeans wanted to buy more people.

Question 7

What are common ways enslaved Africans resisted onboard the slave ship?

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By refusing to eat and by rising up against their captors

Question 8

What was the source of the enslaved people sold to Europeans?

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Captives of war and raids

Question 9

Which of the below did you include in your answer?

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Overcrowded; Unhealthy; Inhumane; Often deadly; Unsanitary

The Middle Passage Answers