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Crash Course World History #24: The Atlantic Slave Trade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnV_MTFEGIY

Directions:

1.  Preview the video viewing questions.

2.  Watch “Crash Couse in World History: The Atlantic Slave Trade” without taking any notes.

3.  Watch “Crash Couse in World History: The Atlantic Slave Trade” a second time. We will pause the video as needed so that you can answer the questions.

QUESTIONS

1.  How many slaves were forcibly moved from Africa to the Americas from 1500-1880 CE?

2.  Approximately how many of those died during the voyage?

3.  What two areas received the most slaves from Africa? Which area received the fewest? (Include the percentages)

4.  When did the European slave trade begin? Where were those slaves imported and for what reasons?

5.  What are the three main agricultural products grown by the institution of slavery? What is ironic about these products?

6.  How did Europeans acquire slaves?

7.  What three products did Europeans usually trade with Africans to obtain slaves to take to the Americas?

8.  Describe the treatment of slaves brought from Africa to the Americas on the ship and after arriving in the New World.

9.  Describe the slaves’ activities in the sugar making process.

10.  Compare slavery in North America (US) to that in Brazil and the Caribbean. (life expectancy, working conditions, etc.)

11.  How did slavery in the Atlantic compare to previous forms of slavery? Explain.

12.  Slavery as defined by sociologist Orlando Patterson:

“The permanent, violent, and personal domination of natally alienated and generally dishonored persons”

Explain what is meant by this statement in your own words:

13.  Atlantic slavery drew from previous models of slavery

AREAS / IDEAS THAT INFLUENCED ATLANTIC SLAVERY
Greeks
Romans
Judeo Christian Society
Arab Muslims

14.  Which two groups helped define the attitudes that characterized Atlantic slavery trade? Why?