The impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on West African society

12 questions

1. The first European merchants to arrive in West Africa were from which of the following countries?
2. What was the name of the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean that took enslaved people took to the Americas?
3. Which religion had spread to West Africa and converted many local rulers by the 1400s?
4. Which European nations initially became wealthy from using enslaved people from West Africa on their plantations in the Americas in the 1500s?
5. Which of the following countries played a significant role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade by transporting half of the enslaved people from West Africa to the Americas by 1700?
6. What happened to the power of West African kingdoms due to the arrival of European merchants?
7. What was the main item that attracted Muslim traders to West Africa before the arrival of the Portuguese?
8. How long did the Middle Passage journey typically last for enslaved people?
9. What change occurred in the lives of local African people when the Portuguese started building colonies in the Americas?
10. Which kingdom suffered significant power loss due to Portuguese arrival and internal issues?
11. What impact did the expansion of the Transatlantic Slave Trade have on the social groups targeted for enslavement by the 1700s?
12. Which of the following was a consequence of increased conflict between African kingdoms due to the expanding slave trade?

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