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The Conquest of Africa European on the Coast. Answers to worksheet questions. Q1: Which European country was the first to explore the continent of Africa? When did they arrive?. Portugal 1400s. Q2: Why do you think Europeans’ first contact with Africans took place in North Africa?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Conquest of Africa
European on the Coast
Answers to worksheet questions
Q1: Which European country was the first to explore the continent of Africa? When did they
arrive?
Portugal 1400s
Q2: Why do you think Europeans’ first contact with Africans took place in North Africa?
Possible answers: Europe was geographically close to North
Africa. Europe was 8 miles across the water to
Morocco
Q3: What two reasons are given for Europeans beginning to explore the coast of West Africa?
1. Europeans wanted to trade directly for W African gold (avoiding N. African Arab merchants)
2. Europeans wanted to trade with Asia – Searching for a route to Asia.
Q4: At first Europeans and Africans traded as equals. What upset this balance?
The Portuguese began to seize riches of city-states in Africa
Q5: List two differences between “slavery in Africa” and the type of slavery practiced by Europeans in
North and South America.
African Slavery: 1. could win freedom in a few years. 2. could become important citizens. 3. could be bought out of slavery.
Americas: 1. Slaves were property. 2. Freedom was rare if not impossible.
Q6: Which ethnic group did the Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch settlers first use as
slaves in the Americas? List two reasons why they replaced them with Africans.
Native Americans They became sick and died from disease or
working conditions. They ran away – (Africans were unfamiliar
with the territory, Indians were familiar).
Q7: What did Europeans trade for slaves that had been captured during battle?
Cheap guns
Q8: What percentage of slaves died during the Middle Passage?
How did slave traders make up for the loss?
20% died Traders packed them tightly in ships