The primary economic driver of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade was the demand for luxury goods in EuropeQuestion 16AnswerTrueFalse

The transatlantic slave trade developed becauseGroup of answer choicesEuropean kings forced plantation owners in the Americas to trade exclusively in African slavescompetition for slaves from Asia into the Americas lowered the purchase price of African slavesthere was a shortage of labor in the Americas because of harsh working conditions on plantations and the spread of diseaseEuropeans and indigenous Americans formed partnerships to import Africans to work on the plantations

Modern slave trade is largely motivated by monetary benefits. Question 15AnswerTrueFalse

“The Trans-Atlantic slave trade formally ended in the nineteenth century; however, today, modern trafficking and forced bonded labour in human beings is as much an interconnected and central component of contemporary economies as the Trans-Atlantic Trade and slavery were in former times.”

the international slave trade would be abolished by 1820?Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

Which statement helps explain the connection between the Columbian Exchange and the rise of the slave trade?Columbus used slaves to help subjugate the Indians.Work animals became rarer in the New World with their export to Europe, leading to the need to use slaves for jobs no one wanted to do.European diseases wiped out much of the Indian population, creating a need for a source of labor.New tastes for exotic foods brought more European traders to Africa.