Question 1

What were the long-term effects of the Navigation Acts?

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Question 2

Sugar cane was first grown in the West Indies by Spanish colonists shortly after 1500, but after 1600 the crop switched. Why?

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Question 3

How did the Saharan slave trade differ from the Atlantic slave trade?

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Question 4

One of the main sources of conflict between the Portuguese and the Dutch regarding Brazil was about what?

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Question 5

Refer to Map 18.1 and discuss the different commodities traded. How did the rise of an Atlantic trading network lay the foundation for European wealth? How did the trade in these goods give Europe access to Asian markets?

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Question 6

Give a detailed description of the Atlantic Circuit.

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Question 7

What were the effects of the Middle Passage on both slave traders and slaves?

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Question 8

Describe the lives of free people in West Indian society in the eighteenth century.

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Question 9

Describe the similarities and differences of the slave trade with regard to Christianity and Islam.

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Question 10

What was the life of a slave like on a West Indian sugar plantation in the eighteenth century? Include details from slaves' work lives, as well as from their family and social lives.

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Question 11

Compare and contrast the European mercantilist and capitalist systems.

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Question 12

One of the primary environmental effects of plantations in the Caribbean was deforestation, which led to what?

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Question 13

Refer to Map 18.2 and trace the slave trade from north and east Africa to the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, and the Indian Ocean. What differences are noteworthy between this slave trade network and that of the Atlantic Ocean?

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Question 14

Refer to Map 18.2 and identify the regions that slaves were sold to. Why did the West Indies and Brazil require most of the slave trade?

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Question 15

Discuss the role played by African traders and political leaders in the Atlantic slave trade. What steps did Africans take to control the trade with Europeans and how successful were they? How did the slave trade differ across different regions of Africa?

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Question 16

Refer to Map 18.1 and explain how the Atlantic Circuit worked. What were the different parts of this trade network?

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Question 17

Refer to Map 18.2 and identify the African regions that were most affected by the slave trade. How were these regions affected? How did they recover from this depletion of population?

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Question 18

Refer to Map 18.1 and explain the slave trade in nontraditional regions such as Angola and the use of slaves along the Pacific territories.

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Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
-Bight of Biafra

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-Bight of Biafra...

Question 20

What were the various aspects of the new Atlantic economy? Explain how each aspect was necessary for the economy's success.

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Quiz 18: The Atlantic System and Africa, 1550-1800

What were the long-term effects of the Navigation Acts?

Sugar cane was first grown in the West Indies by Spanish colonists shortly after 1500, but after 1600 the crop switched. Why?

How did the Saharan slave trade differ from the Atlantic slave trade?

One of the main sources of conflict between the Portuguese and the Dutch regarding Brazil was about what?

Refer to Map 18.1 and discuss the different commodities traded. How did the rise of an Atlantic trading network lay the foundation for European wealth? How did the trade in these goods give Europe access to Asian markets?

Give a detailed description of the Atlantic Circuit.

What were the effects of the Middle Passage on both slave traders and slaves?

Describe the lives of free people in West Indian society in the eighteenth century.

Describe the similarities and differences of the slave trade with regard to Christianity and Islam.

What was the life of a slave like on a West Indian sugar plantation in the eighteenth century? Include details from slaves' work lives, as well as from their family and social lives.

Compare and contrast the European mercantilist and capitalist systems.

One of the primary environmental effects of plantations in the Caribbean was deforestation, which led to what?

Refer to Map 18.2 and trace the slave trade from north and east Africa to the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, and the Indian Ocean. What differences are noteworthy between this slave trade network and that of the Atlantic Ocean?

Refer to Map 18.2 and identify the regions that slaves were sold to. Why did the West Indies and Brazil require most of the slave trade?

Discuss the role played by African traders and political leaders in the Atlantic slave trade. What steps did Africans take to control the trade with Europeans and how successful were they? How did the slave trade differ across different regions of Africa?

Refer to Map 18.1 and explain how the Atlantic Circuit worked. What were the different parts of this trade network?

Refer to Map 18.2 and identify the African regions that were most affected by the slave trade. How were these regions affected? How did they recover from this depletion of population?

Refer to Map 18.1 and explain the slave trade in nontraditional regions such as Angola and the use of slaves along the Pacific territories.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). -Bight of Biafra

What were the various aspects of the new Atlantic economy? Explain how each aspect was necessary for the economy's success.