Which statements correctly describe the African slave trade of the 1500s? Choose all answers that are correct. A. The transatlan
tic slave trade involved millions of Africans kidnapped into slavery over the course of 300 years. B. The Middle Passage refers to the forced journey of kidnapped Africans from eastern African to western Africa where slave ships waited. C. When African slavers sold kidnapped Africans to European slave traders in the 1500s, it was the first time members of one tribe had sold members of another tribe into slavery. D. African slaves were needed in the Americas to replace the rapidly declining population of native people.
<span>B. The Middle Passage refers to the forced journey of kidnapped Africans from eastern African to western Africa where slave ships waited. ....</span>
The answers are A and D. The transantlantic slave trade involved m<span>illions of Africans kidnapped into slavery over the course of 300 years, and this was primarily necessary to replace the rapidly declining population of native people.
B is incorrect because the Middle Passage was a forced journey across the Atlantic Ocean, from Africa to the Americas. C is incorrect because this had been happening for thousands of years before. One is example is the Jewish people being sold into slavery by various civilizations in ancient times, such as the Egyptians. </span>
Germany's strategy was to defeat its opponents in a series of short campaigns. Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on a new military tactic called the "Blitzkrieg" (lightning war)
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