UNIT #7: Essential Question Organizer
Date
1/28/13
Essential Question(s)
EQ#1A-What was Triangular Trade?
EQ#1B-Who participated in Triangular Trade?
EQ#1C-What "goods" were traded in Triangular Trade?
1/29/13
EQ#2A-What is the definition of slavery?
EQ#2B-What were the differences in slavery by area?
Essential Answer(s)
EA#1A-The Triangular Trade was the trade routes, made up of three
points/destinations, where the trading of different goods took place.
EA#1B- The countries that participated in the Triangular Trade were
the 13 colonies, England, Africa, and the West Indies.
EA#1C-The goods that were traded in the Triangular Trade were
slaves, lumber, cod(fish), furs, tobacco, rice, indigo, gold, rum,
guns, iron, and cloth.
EA#2A-Slavery was a form of exploitation. A person who is a slave
is stripped of their basic human rights and are considered property.
Slaves are denied their heritage; individualism was taken away.
EA#2B-See chart to see the differences between slavery in different
areas:
Middle East Slaves
African Slaves-traded to the
colonies
 domestic services(work
 2/3 of slaves were men
related to the home
 slavery was very
 women and children
different in America
were in high demand
 slaves were used like
machines
 boys were trained for
military or domestic
 slavery became a
service
permanent, racially
exclusive caste(social
 children of slaves were
assimilated in Muslim
hierarchy, with slavery
society
at the lowest level)
 slavery passed to next
generations( If your
parents were slaves, you
would be considered a
slave at birth)
EQ#1C-What were the origins and destinations of slaves?
EQ#1D-How many slaves were lost on the voyage?
1/31/13
EQ#3-What were the "just" reasons for slavery?
EA#2C- The origins and destinations of the slaves were:
Origins of Africans
Destinations for Slaves
 Senegambia
 Europe
 Sierra Leone
 Mainland North
America
 Windward Coast
 Caribbean
 Gold Coast
 Spanish American
 Bight of Benin
Mainland
 Bight of Biafra/Gulf of
 Brazil
Guinea Islands
 Africa
 West Central Africa
EA#2D# of slaves lost
1. 25,465
2. 196,106
3. 793,313
4. 380,549
Total 1,395,433 persons
% of slaves lost
27%
21.5%
14%
11.10%
Total 13.75% of people
The reasons for "just" slavery were: (activity #7)
1. "Just war"
2. Ruler's right to enslave delinquent subjects
3. Individuals rights to sell himself into slavery
4. Need father's privilege of selling his own children
5. Kidnapping in order to supply labor to America
2/4/13
EQ#4A-What was the effect of geography on trade?
EQ#4B-What were the experiences of slaves and slave
owners?
2/6/13
EQ#5A-What were the physical deprivations of the Middle
Passage?
EQ#5B-What were the causes of mortality on the Middle
Passage?
EQ#5C-What was the likelihood of a slave revolt?
EA#4A-Once the Portuguese discovered the Atlantic Wind currents,
they figured out how to go to Africa and then sail back to Portugal.
EA#4B-see activities #14 and #15
EA#5A-The physical deprivations for the slaves from the Middle
Passage were violent capture from their homes(some homes were
burnt down), separated from their families, no idea where they were
going, and no way for relatives to locate them. *We will add to
this list as it is a working document*
EA#5B- The probable causes of mortality on the Middle Passage
were starvation, space problems, and disease.
EA#5C-