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9th Grade SS
Atlantic Trade/Mercantilism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did the slave trade originate? | It started in the 1500s to fill the need for labor in Spain's American Colonies |
| Which was a result of the Commercial Revolution | expansion of European influence overseas |
| Cause: Discovery of "New World" and the development of plantation economic in the Americans | Effect: 1. Arab traders taking slaves to North Africa & the Middle East 2. Tribal conflict in Africa prior to 1500. |
| Cause: Racism Slave traders justified the slave trade by using racist views to support their action (Trader's believed Africans were uncivilized). | Effect: 1. Undermined traditional African Society led to warfare and social decline. 2. Cultural diffusion - Africans were moved to Europe, North America, & South America. |
| Between 1451-1870, what percentage of enslaved Africans were on the Caribbean Islands (Dutch, French, British)? | 40% |
| Between 1451-1870, what percentage of enslaved Africans were in British North America? | 4% |
| Between 1451-1870, what percentage of enslaved Africans were in Europe and Asia? | 2% |
| Between 1451-1870, what percentage of enslaved Africans were in Spanish America and Spanish Caribbean? | 16% |
| Between 1451-1870, what percentage of enslaved Africans were in Portuguese Brazil? | 38% |
| What were some of the Horrors of the Middle Passage? | Whippings and beatings were common, diseases swept through the vessel, the smell of blood, sweat, and excrement filled the hold, & captives often lived in their own vomit and waste |
| What percentage of enslaved Africans died during the voyage of the Middle Passage and what did they die of? | 20% died from disease and mistreatment |
| What was the total impact of the Middle Passage? | 9.5 million people were moved and at least 2 million died as a result of the trade. |
| What is Mercantilism? | the theory that a country's power depended mainly on its wealth to build strong navies and purchase vital goods |
| What are 2 ways to increase a Nation's wealth? | 1. Obtain as much gold and silver as possible. 2. establish a favorable balance of trade, in which it sold more goods than it bought |
| Under the expanded definition of Mercantilism. why did colonies exist? | for the benefit of the Mother Country |
| Under the expanded definition of Mercantilism. what were colonies a source of? | Cheap raw materials to be shipped back to the Mother Country to be turned into finished goods that were expensive. |
| Under the expanded definition of Mercantilism. where did all of the profit of the sale of finished goods go? | All profits go to the Mother Country |
| Under the expanded definition of Mercantilism. how did the Mother country control trade and profit in the colonies? | The Mother Country passed laws forbidding the colonies from producing their own goods which led to an unfair or unbalanced system of trade between the Mother Country and its colonies. |
| In the Triangular Trade, where did Europeans transport manufactured goods? | Europeans transported manufactured goods to the West Coast of Africa. |
| In the Triangular Trade, what did Europeans exchange the goods they brought to the West Coast of Africa for? | captured Africans |
| In the Triangular Trade, what did Europeans do with the captured Africans? | They transported them across the Atlantic Ocean and sold them in the West Indies |
| In the Triangular Trade, what did the European merchants do with the money they made from selling the Africans in the West Indies? | They bought sugar, coffee, and tobacco in the West Indies and Sailed back to Europe to sell these products. |
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