Transatlantic Economy

Study Questions-Reading/Lecture

Earth and Its Peoples, pp. 497-515

1. What was the effect of plantations on slaves and the environment?
2. Why was the transatlantic trade system called the Great Circuit? What economic forces were behind its development?
3. What was the effect of the slave trade on African society?

Human Record, pp. 205-10

1. What was the role of slavery in African society?

2. What was the effect of the slave trade on African society?

3. Why do you think that the slave ship crew treated the slaves so brutally?

The World That Trade Created, pp. 86-99, 116-119, 154-56

1. How did coffee and sugar production spread from the Middle East to other parts of the world? How did they become common foods in Europe and the U.S.?

2. How did tobacco smoking become common in Europe?

3. Why did coffee, sugar, and tobacco production encourage slavery?