Question

How did geography play a part in trade How did geography play a part in the slave trade

Answer 1

Small strips of land that were turned into canals once the industrial revolution happened (For example, the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal) allowed for trade on a scale never seen before. During the slave trade between Europe, America, and Africa, there were no large pieces of land that divided the three in the Atlantic Ocean (Except maybe for the Sahara). That meant that slave traders could easily sail between the continents due to new deep water navigation technologies.

Answer 2

Trading territory and land in order to have people to work for them