What is the estimated number of Africans forcibly removed from Africa and transported across the Atlantic?
Over 1 million
Over 10 million
Over 20 million
What was the single most significant technological innovation introduced to West Africa by Europeans?
Metal pots and pans
Glassware
Firearms
What was the name given to the people who collected enslaved people on the coast?
Slave traders
Ship's captain
Factors
What do many historians agree about the impact of the Atlantic slave trade on African society?
It increased the level of warfare
It improved African society
It increased economic production
Which plantations in the Americas had the greatest demand for enslaved West African people?
Coffee
Cotton
Sugar
What percentage of enslaved people shipped across the Atlantic were from along the West and West Central coasts of Africa?
37
57
77
Which African Empire dominated the area known as the Gold Coast (Ghana)?
Ashanti
Dahomey
Xhosa
How much did the Kingdom of Dahomey make from exports of enslaved people per year by 1750?
£15,000
£250,000
£500,000
What was impact of the Atlantic slave trade on West Africa?
Most West African societies benefited from the profits
A shared sense of being 'African' developed
It created widespread ethnic and social tension
How widespread was the effect of the Atlantic slave trade on Africa?
It encouraged ethnic and social divisions across the whole of Africa
Most of Africa was not influenced by the Atlantic slave trade
It constrained the economic development of most African states