Ch 6 WS 2

World History

 

  1. Prior to the discovery of the New World, where was the largest market for African slaves?

 

 

  1. Why did the Europeans feel they needed to import slaves to Brazil?

 

 

  1. What was shipped on each leg of the triangular trade route?

 

Euro to Africa               Africa to Americas                    Am’s to Euro

 

 

  1. About how many slaves were brought into the Americas during the 1500s?

 

 

  1. From whom did the Europeans get their African slaves?

 

 

  1. What impact did the slave trade have on the west African settlement of Benin?

 

 

Sec 3

  1. Why did the Europeans seize the Moluccas? What country did it first?

 

 

  1. What 2 countries replaced Portugal as the powers in SE Asia in the early 1600s?

 

 

  1. Why was mainland SE Asia better able to ward off European intervention than the islands?

 

 

  1. What 2 religions spread the island nations of SE Asia between 1500 and 1800?