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Ch 18 Map Activity – The Atlantic System & Africa 1550-1800CE
The African Slave Trade 1500-1800 / Analyze the 1st map, and complete the following questions.
1. These four regions were the main sources of slaves for the New World.
2. African slaves were traded across this desert for purchase in the Arab world.
3. European states fought several wars for control of these sugar-growing islands, to which the greatest concentration of African slaves was exported.
4. The Portuguese supplied this sugar-making country with the bulk of its slave population.
5. Africa's "Slave Coast" extended eastward from another lucrative coast.
6. To make a profit of their own, these two west African states sold slaves who had been taken as prisoners of war.
7. Traders from north Africa had to transport slaves across this body of water to get them to Constantinople, a major commercial center.
8. In the eighteenth century, private traders from these two British cities controlled about 40 percent of the Atlantic slave trade.
9. Farmers on this continent imported slaves to work on their tobacco and cotton plantations.
10. From about 1650 to 1800, supplying sugar to this continent depended on the supply of slaves coming from Africa.
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Ch 18 Map Activity – The Atlantic System & Africa 1550-1800CE
The Atlantic Economy ca. 1750 / Analyze the 2nd map, and complete the following questions.
1. Which European state held the largest colonial possessions in the eighteenth century?
2. Which two European rivals had possessions on the east coast of North America?
3. Which main river did the French have to cross to expand their North American territory westward?
4. The preeminent sea power in the seventeenth century, this European state had only a small territory in South America by 1750. Which state was this?
5. Sugar and tobacco were the most lucrative European imports in the eighteenth century. Considering that fact, which three countries stood to gain most from their holdings in the colonial world?
6. Settlers from which country made the most money as fur traders?
7. Which continent was a main source of slaves for the Americas?
8. Which Caribbean island provided Britain with most of its sugar?
9. Which British colonies were densely populated but relatively poor in natural resources?
10. Which two island colonies off the coast of South America sustained France’s involvement in the sugar trade?
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Ch 18 Map Activity – The Atlantic System & Africa 1550-1800CE
Seaborne Trading Empires in the 16th & 17th Centuries / Analyze the 3rd map, and complete the following questions.
1. This northern European country was the center of a commercial empire that included territories in Indonesia. Click on the country's name.
2. This European country controlled territory in Central America and the west coast of South America. Click on the country's name.
3. This South African city participated in the trade that brought spices to Europe.
4. This Italian city was an important destination for trade goods from the Middle East.
5. This Iberian country focused its trade and exploration efforts on Africa and the east coast of Africa. Click on the country's name.
6. These two cities were primary ports of entry for goods traveling from Africa to the Middle East.
7. This Japanese port was the only one open to Europeans for many years.
8. What advantages did the Dutch have that helped them build their commercial empire?
9. What the primary motives of Spanish immigrants to North America?