Question

Which statements about the African slave trade of the 1500s are accurate? Choose all answers that are correct. A. The Portuguese continued the trans-Saharan transportation of slaves to the Muslim world into the 1600s. B. The slave trade began to grow rapidly when the Portuguese started growing sugar cane in Brazil. C. The triangular trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas, particularly the Middle Passage, saw millions of Africans transported in terrible conditions.

Answer 1

The statements about the African slave trade of the 1500s that are accurate are:

B.The slave trade began to grow rapidly when the Portuguese started growing sugar cane in Brazil.  

C. The triangular trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas, known as the Middle Passage, saw millions of Africans transported in terrible conditions.

The first shipment of slaves from West Africa to the Americas, across the Atlantic Ocean, took place in the early 1500s. European, Arab and African merchants were now selling humans along with gold, ivory and spices.

Answer 2

The triangular trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas, particularly the Middle Passage, saw millions of Africans transported in terrible conditions to the Americas (C). The slave trade began to grow rapidly when the Portuguese started growing sugar cane in Brazil (B).