Name _______________________________________________
Triangular Trade
Date ___________________________ Block _____________
Webquest
*You can go to my wiki page to get to the links better.*
Visit: http://jmcentarfer.tripod.com/ch20_3.pdf
1. How many slaves had England transported to their colonies in the West Indies by the end of the slave
trade? ________________________
2. The slave trade devastated African societies by introducing __________________ to the continent.
3. What was the middle passage?
Visit: https://mcla.digication.com/english_slavery/England_s_role_in_the_slave_trade
4. What was a “loose packer”? ____________________________________________________________
5. What was a “tight packer”? ____________________________________________________________
6. How much room did a slave typically have? _______________________________
Map Section
Visit: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u3/index.html#top
Click on the different arrows in the legend to answer each question:
7. Name 3 “corners” of a Triangular Trade route.
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8. What was sent from the 13 Colonies to England?
9. What was sent from England to the 13 colonies?
10. What was sent from the 13 Colonies to Africa?
11. What was sent from Africa to the West Indies?
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Visit: http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/assessment/intro-maps/07.jsp
12. Name three places in Western Africa that were involved in shipping slaves
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Visit: http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/assessment/intro-maps/08.jsp
13. According to the map, where were the most slaves sent? ________________________
Visit: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p277.html
14. How many Africans were sold into slavery in Africa (taken from their homes)? __________________
15. How many died before reaching the coast of Africa? ___________________
16. How many did not survive the voyage to the new world (you can give me the percentage)? __________
Visit: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1h280.html
17. What did the ship’s captain do upon the outbreak of disease on his slave ship?
18. How many total died? ________________
19. Why was Equiano so important to this incident? (What did he do?)
20. What was the outcome of the court case after it was retried?