Helen Bass April 27th, 2010
Mr. Rifkind Global Honors 1

Assignment #3 The Slave Trade Read pp. 400-405

1) What brought the Portuguese and Dutch to Africa? What effect did they have on local populations?

2) What economic considerations led to the importation of African slaves?

3) Why were so many slaves imported to the New World?

4) What role did the Africans play in the slave trade?

5) What were the political, economic and social effects of the African slave trade on various parts of Africa?


Terms to know:

Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) Cabot- divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal

Cabral- Portuguese navigator: discovered and took possession of Brazil for Portugal in 1500.

Paternalism- "government as by a father over his children,"

Viceroy- a governor of a colony, country, or province who acts for and rules in the name of his sovereign or government

Ecclesiastical- of or relating to the Christian Church

Indigenous- People who where native to an area for many years before.

Eurocentric- The belief that everything should be based off of European ideas.

Seville-

Potosi-
Acapulco-
Joint stock-
Dutch East India Company-
Dutch West India Company-
Manioc-