Question

1. Compare and Contrast How was the African slave trade before European involvement different from the African slave trade after European involvement? 2. Identify Cause and Effect How did the Atlantic slave trade affect the Asante kingdom and the Oyo empire?
3. Identify Steps in a Process How did the three steps of the triangular trade network function?
4. Infer Why was disease the leading cause of death of enslaved Africans on the Middle Passage?
5. Summarize Write a short summary explaining how the Atlantic slave trade impacted West Africa and the Americas.

Answer 1

1. The differences are:
 - The price tags for slaves that bought by the European tend to be significantly higher compared to The trades among Africans.
- Many of the slaves died during transport due to long route and cruel treatment on the ships in the european slave trade

2. The Atlantic slave trades impacted Asante kingdom and the Oyo empire by granting them an access to Gold and weapons from the European traders. Which contribute to their economic wealth and stronger military prowess compared to other African Empire.

3. first steps- merchants brought European goods such as gold and weapons to Africa,
second step- slaves were brought to Americas
third step- merchants carried out goods from americas such as sugar, Cotton, and Tobacco.

4. There are two reasons for it.
- The first one is even the European still haven't understand the treatment for pox that caused a lot of Death  of Enslaved Africans at that time
- The second one is that the European treated the Africans like Goods. They did not give the enslaved proper care when they're sick and will simply toss them to the sea if they're dead.

5. The Atlantic Slave trades contributed mostly to the economic revolution in West Africa and America.
The West Africa obtained a lot of Gold and agricultural commodities for their empires and America obtained a lot of Slave labors that can be forced to work on the Plantation.