Triangular Trade: A Global Impact
This worksheet explores the historical context, routes, goods, and human impact of the Transatlantic Triangular Trade system.
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Triangular Trade: A Global Impact
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use complete sentences for short answer questions.
1. Which of the following was NOT a primary leg of the Triangular Trade route?
Europe to Africa
Africa to the Americas
Americas to Asia
Americas to Europe
2. The brutal journey of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean was known as the .
3. Manufactured goods like textiles and rum were transported from Europe to Africa in exchange for .
4. Describe two significant impacts of the Triangular Trade on the economies of the Americas.
5. The primary motivation for the European involvement in the Triangular Trade was to spread Christianity.
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False
Match each term with its correct description.
6. Middle Passage
a. Raw materials sent to Europe
7. Manufactured Goods
b. Journey of enslaved Africans
8. Raw Materials
c. Traded for enslaved people in Africa