Lesson Y8-U03-L02

The Triangular Trade How It Worked Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 9

20 questions

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Lesson Y8-U03-L02, The Triangular Trade How It Worked: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 History (National Curriculum), Unit 9: Year 8: Slavery, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Which three continents were linked by the transatlantic triangular trade?

    • Europe, Africa, Americas
    • Americas, Asia, Australia
    • Asia, Europe, Africa
    • Europe, Antarctica, Africa

  2. What was carried from Europe to Africa on the first side of the triangle?

    • Raw sugar
    • Enslaved people
    • Manufactured goods
    • Cash crops

  3. What was the name of the forced Atlantic crossing from Africa to the Americas?

    • Triangular Route
    • Middle Passage
    • Commodity Run
    • Sugar Voyage

  4. Which crops were carried from the Americas back to Europe on Side 3?

    • Wheat, barley, oats
    • Sugar, tobacco, cotton
    • Rice, tea, spices
    • Apples, pears, grapes

  5. How long did the Atlantic crossing usually take?

    • 6 to 8 days
    • 6 to 8 weeks
    • 6 to 8 hours
    • 6 to 8 months

  6. What was a plantation in the context of the transatlantic slave trade?

    • Shipbuilding dock
    • European factory
    • Huge cash-crop farm
    • African trading post

  7. Why do historians use the term 'enslaved person' rather than 'slave'?

    • Highlights economic value
    • Emphasises human identity
    • Describes legal status
    • Indicates voluntary work

  8. In what year did Britain abolish its slave trade?

    • 1807
    • 1900
    • 1738
    • 1791

  9. Which 1791 revolt by enslaved people created a free state in the Caribbean?

    • American Revolution
    • French Revolution
    • Glorious Revolution
    • Haitian Revolution

  10. What were Maroon communities?

    • Royal trading posts
    • Escaped slave settlements
    • European plantation homes
    • African royal palaces

  11. Which commodity was the biggest money-maker on Side 3 of the triangle?

    • Iron
    • Sugar
    • Cotton
    • Timber

  12. How did merchants profit on every side of the triangular trade?

    • Crops were given away
    • Goods bought enslaved people
    • Slaves bought cheap guns
    • Trade was charitable

  13. How many continents were linked in the triangular trade route?

    • Four continents
    • Five continents
    • Two continents
    • Three continents

  14. What does a trader's phrase 'for a good number' mean in context?

    • Large crop yields
    • High gold coins
    • Good weather conditions
    • Many enslaved people

  15. Which goods did European traders carry to West Africa?

    • Gold and ivory
    • Guns and cloth
    • Sugar and tobacco
    • Raw cotton

  16. What does the transatlantic trade data show about the 1700s?

    • Sharp volume growth
    • Constant annual totals
    • Complete trade halt
    • Steady trade decline

  17. What do statistics and bars on charts of the slave trade represent?

    • Factory production
    • Individual human lives
    • Ship cargo weights
    • Financial profits

  18. Which groups profited most financially from the triangular trade?

    • African village chiefs
    • Caribbean dock sailors
    • Enslaved field workers
    • Merchants and planters

  19. Why did enslaved people profit nothing from the transatlantic trade?

    • Treated as property
    • Fined for escape
    • Taxed by kings
    • Paid low wages

  20. What major movement caused the transatlantic slave trade to decline by 1807?

    • Industrial Revolution
    • Navigation Acts
    • Agricultural Reform
    • Abolition movement

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