Starter quiz

  • The first European merchants to arrive in West Africa were from which of the following countries?
    • Britain
    • France
    • Spain
    • Portugal  ✓
  • 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
  • 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  ✓
  • 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
  • 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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