JEOPARDY!
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Ch 20
The Atlantic System And Africa,
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This former African
slave’s autobiography
described the ordeals of
his kidnapping and also
helped lead to the ending
of the British slave trade.
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Olaudah Equiano
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These 1660 ‘acts’
sought to limit colonial
trading and production
competition in the
English N. American
colonies.
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Navigation Acts
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The crop grown during
the 1500s in the West
Indies by the Spanish but
later replaced by the
French and English in the
1st half of the 17th century.
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sugarcane
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This New World crop
took Europe by storm
in the early 1600s
because it was
deemed ‘milder’ than
home grown varieties.
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tobacco
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The English
government assigned
monopolies to these
companies in order to
make the tobacco
trade more profitable.
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chartered
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This Dutch company
was founded in 1621 to
carry their conflict with
Spain to Spanish
overseas possessions.
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Dutch West
Indies Company
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The expansion of
sugar plantations in
the West Indies led to
a sharp rise in the
number of these
‘imports’ from Africa.
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slaves
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One of the two main
products resulting
from the manufacture
of sugar from
sugarcane.
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dark molasses
and rum
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The ‘original’ Amerindian
tribe discovered by
Columbus which nearly
became extinct due to
European colonization.
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Arawak
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The percentage of the
population on
Caribbean islands who
were slaves.
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90
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A small group of rich
Europeans who owned
the Caribbean island
plantation and the
slaves who worked
them.
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plantocracy
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A privileged male slave
who oversaw the
plantation work and
ensured that the work
was completed.
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driver
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Daily Double!!!
The main reason why
plantation slaves were
motivated to work hard.
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to escape
punishment
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Average life expectancy
for 19th century Brazilian
male slaves.
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23
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The cause of death for
the majority of slaves.
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disease
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The greatest stock
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market of the 17 and
th
18 centuries.
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Amsterdam
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The new concept that
could be purchased by
companies to reduce
the risk of overseas
trading.
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insurance
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A government policy
that protects trade and
demands the
accumulation of gold
and silver.
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mercantilism
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The term used for the
“clockwise” network of
trade in the Atlantic.
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Atlantic System,
Great Circuit
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One of the two main
items African slave
traders wanted in
return from
Europeans.
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guns and textiles
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The African state most
dependent on the
slave trade.
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Dahomey
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Most slaves from Africa
were originally captured
in this manner - very
similar to human sacrifice
victims from
Mesoamerica.
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war captives
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The two most
important groups in
the Atlantic African
slave trade
“partnership”.
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European elites
and African kings /
chiefs
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This group was
prohibited from being
enslaved by Islamic
law.
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people of the
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Of the two, the group
who obtained the
greatest number of
slaves from subSaharan Africa:
Europeans or Muslims.
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Europeans
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An economic system of
large financial institutions
that enabled wealthy
investors to reduce risks
and increase profits.
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capitalism
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The name of the leg of
the Atlantic slave trade
system that brought
slaves from Africa to
the Americas.
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Middle Passage
(Leg)
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A period of adjusting to a
new environment for
slaves – 1/3 would die
from unfamiliar diseases
during this time.
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seasoning
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The two regions that
most African slaves were
shipped to overall:
1) Spanish America
2) Brazil
3) North America
4) West Indies.
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Brazil and West
Indies
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A runaway slave –
often a member of a
community in the West
Indies and South
America.
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maroon
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Final Jeopardy
Colonial Conflicts
• The Seven Years war was known by
this name in the American Colonies.
• What is the French and Indian War?
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