Starter quiz
- The first European merchants to arrive in West Africa were from which of the following countries?
- Britain
- France
- Spain
- Portugal ✓
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- What was the name of the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean that took enslaved people took to the Americas?
- 'The Middle Passage' ✓
- Which religion had spread to West Africa and converted many local rulers by the 1400s?
- Islam ✓
- Christianity
- Hinduism
- Buddhism
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- Which European nations initially became wealthy from using enslaved people from West Africa on their plantations in the Americas in the 1500s?
- France
- Britain
- Spain ✓
- Portugal ✓
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- 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?
- France
- Britain ✓
- Spain
- Portugal
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- What happened to the power of West African kingdoms due to the arrival of European merchants?
- most lost power to the European merchants, but some were able to thrive ✓
- all kingdoms collapsed as result of the growing power of European merchants
- all kingdoms continued to thrive, as most formed alliances
- most continued to thrive, although some began weaker
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