1. Triangular Trade and the Middle Passage
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2. Knowledge Connections
Vocabulary 
Triangular Trade
Middle Passage
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Definition
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3. What items were carried on each leg of the Triangular Trade routes?
Essential Question
What items were carried on each leg of the Triangular Trade routes?

4. Each route formed the leg of a geographic triangle
What was triangular trade?
From 1600 – 1800 – The trade of enslaved Africans became part of what was called TRIANGULAR TRADE
Each route formed the leg of a geographic triangle

5. What was traded on the first route?
Triangular Trade: Route 1
Europe to Africa
Sent: Manufactured goods Examples: Iron, cloth, rum, and weapons

6. Sent: Enslaved persons and gold
What was traded on second route?
Triangular Trade: Route 2
Africa to the Americas
Sent: Enslaved persons and gold

7. Sent: Rice, tobacco, indigo, furs
What was traded on the third route?
Triangular Trade: Route 3
The Americas to Europe
Sent: Rice, tobacco, indigo, furs

8. The middle leg of Triangular Trade
What was the Middle Passage?
Thousands of Africans died on the MIDDLE PASSAGE before ever reaching the Americas
The middle leg of Triangular Trade

9. How was Africa affected by trade?
Triangular Trade’s affect on Africa:
Robbed West African societies of their population
Increased warfare among Africans
Gave rise to RACISM
People falsely believing their race is superior to others

10. What items were carried on each leg of the Triangular Trade routes?
Essential Question
What items were carried on each leg of the Triangular Trade routes?

11. TRIANGULAR TRADE
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To: 3
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To: 1 2
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