JEOPARDY!

1. JEOPARDY! Click Once to Begin Ch 20 The Atlantic System And Africa, 1550 - 1800

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4. This former African slave’s autobiography described the ordeals of his kidnapping and also helped lead to the ending of the British slave trade. Answer

5. Olaudah Equiano

6. These 1660 ‘acts’ sought to limit colonial trading and production competition in the English N. American colonies. Answer

7. Navigation Acts

8. 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. Answer

9. sugarcane

10. This New World crop took Europe by storm in the early 1600s because it was deemed ‘milder’ than home grown varieties. Answer

11. tobacco

12. The English government assigned monopolies to these companies in order to make the tobacco trade more profitable. Answer

13. chartered

14. This Dutch company was founded in 1621 to carry their conflict with Spain to Spanish overseas possessions. Answer

15. Dutch West Indies Company

16. The expansion of sugar plantations in the West Indies led to a sharp rise in the number of these ‘imports’ from Africa. Answer

17. slaves

18. One of the two main products resulting from the manufacture of sugar from sugarcane. Answer

19. dark molasses and rum

20. The ‘original’ Amerindian tribe discovered by Columbus which nearly became extinct due to European colonization. Answer

21. Arawak

22. The percentage of the population on Caribbean islands who were slaves. Answer

23. 90

24. A small group of rich Europeans who owned the Caribbean island plantation and the slaves who worked them. Answer

25. plantocracy

26. A privileged male slave who oversaw the plantation work and ensured that the work was completed. Answer

27. driver

28. Daily Double!!! The main reason why plantation slaves were motivated to work hard. Answer

29. to escape punishment

30. Average life expectancy for 19th century Brazilian male slaves. Answer

31. 23

32. The cause of death for the majority of slaves. Answer

33. disease

34. The greatest stock market of the 17th and 18th centuries. Answer

35. Amsterdam

36. The new concept that could be purchased by companies to reduce the risk of overseas trading. Answer

37. insurance

38. A government policy that protects trade and demands the accumulation of gold and silver. Answer

39. mercantilism

40. The term used for the “clockwise” network of trade in the Atlantic. Answer

41. Atlantic System, Great Circuit

42. One of the two main items African slave traders wanted in return from Europeans. Answer

43. guns and textiles

44. The African state most dependent on the slave trade. Answer

45. Dahomey

46. Most slaves from Africa were originally captured in this manner - very similar to human sacrifice victims from Mesoamerica. Answer

47. war captives

48. The two most important groups in the Atlantic African slave trade “partnership”. Answer

49. European elites and African kings / chiefs

50. This group was prohibited from being enslaved by Islamic law. Answer