The Transatlantic Triangular Trade
Explore the complex routes, goods, and impact of the Triangular Trade on continents and civilizations in this Grade 7 Social Studies worksheet.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your knowledge. This worksheet covers the origins, routes, and impacts of the Transatlantic Triangular Trade.
1. Which three continents were primarily involved in the Transatlantic Triangular Trade?
Asia, Africa, Europe
North America, South America, Asia
Europe, Africa, Americas
Australia, Europe, Africa
2. What was the 'Middle Passage'?
The route from Europe to Africa carrying manufactured goods
The journey of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas
The trade route within the Americas for raw materials
The path from the Americas back to Europe with cash crops
3. European traders transported goods like textiles and rum to Africa.
4. From Africa, enslaved people were forcibly taken across the Atlantic to the Americas, a leg of the journey known as the .
5. In the Americas, enslaved Africans were forced to work on plantations producing raw materials such as sugar, tobacco, and .
6. Describe one significant impact of the Triangular Trade on the continent of Africa.
7. Explain how the demand for raw materials in Europe fueled the Triangular Trade.
8. The Triangular Trade primarily involved the exchange of goods and people between Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
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False
9. The primary purpose of the Middle Passage was to transport manufactured goods from Europe to the Americas.
True
False
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