1. Once raw materials arrived in Europe from the Americas, what happened to them?
They were processed, sold, and the money was used to buy products that could be traded for slaves in Africa.
They were sent to Africa and traded.
They were traded for slaves who were then sent to Africa to work.
Only finished products made it to Europe, not raw materials.
2. Which of these regions was not part of the 16th century triangular trade?
Western Europe.
East Asia.
Africa.
The Americas.
3. In the Americas, what products were generally bought and taken to Europe?
Slaves.
American-made, finished products.
European-made finished products that hadn't sold well in Africa or the Americas.
Raw materials harvested by African slaves in the Americas.
4. Which was the most brutal leg of the triangular trade route, across which possibly millions of African slaves died?
Slaves were treated very well across the voyage; no part of this was particularly brutal.
The last leg, from the Americas to Europe.
The first leg, from Europe to Africa.
The middle passage, from Africa to the Americas.
5. What products were taken along the first leg of the triangular trade route, from Europe to Africa?
Slaves.
European-made finished products.
Raw materials.
American-made finished products.
Gavin Thomas
