Y5 Spring 2 History- Transatlantic Slave Trade

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Lesson 1 - the origins of the slave trade

Can you identify the major Oceans of the world

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Where did slaves tend to originate from?

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1. America

2. Africa

3. Europe

4. India

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Who tended to be the slave owners or traders?

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1. Africans

2. Europeans

3. Indians

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Where were the plantations located where slaves tended to work?

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1. India

2. Africa

3. Americas

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Slave ships were taken across the seas crammed full of bodies.

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1. True

2. False

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Who were the major nations involved in the slave trade? Tick 3

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Portugal

Germany

Britain

Spain

Iceland

Ireland

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What period of history did the Atlantic Slave Trade run from?

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1. 16th-18th century

2. 15th - 19th century

2. 12th-16th century

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Approximately how many people were forced into slavery during this time?

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15 million people

10 million people

5 million people

100 million people

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Lesson 2- the Atlantic passage

What was the name given to the journey taken by slave ships? Tick 2

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1. The Atlantic Passage

2. The Slave Passage

3. The Middle Passage'

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The conditions on slave ships were so inhumane, that many people would die on the journey. What figure of people died?

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1. 1 in 20 people

2. 1 in 100 people

3. 1 in 10 people

4. 1 in 2 people

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Some Africans resisted capture and led revolts on board ships. these were usually unsuccessful and brutally punished. What is a revolt?

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1. Violent action of protest

2. Peaceful protest

3. A fight

4. Something disgusting

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Lesson 3- enslaved Africans- treatment and resistance

What word best describes the treatment of enslaved Africans?

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1. Fair

2. Disappointing

3. Poor

4. Cruel

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How did owners acquire enslaved Africans

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1. They would buy them on Ebay

2. They were delivered by Amazon

3. At auctions

4. From catalogues

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What would happen when they were 'purchased'?

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1. They were introduced to the household

2. They were shown around their new home

3. They were branded by their owners

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Where would they be sent to 'work'?

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1. Factories

2. Shops

3. Plantations

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What would happen to enslaved African families

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1. They would be sent to work at the same plantation

2. They were kept together and the children looked after

3. They were often separated and split up from each other.

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Lesson 4 - Abolition

The word abolition means...

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1. to ban/ prevent something

2. to encourage

3. to make more of something

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Abolitionists in Britain were campaigners including former black slaves who persuaded parliament to end the slave trade.

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1. True

2. False

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1833

1780

1807

The abolition of slavery in Britain began when?

When was slavery finally abolished in Britain?

When was slavery finally illegal in Britain?

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Lesson 5- abolitionists

A prominent British campaigner against the slave trade in Britain was...

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1. Thomas Edison

2. Thomas Beckett

3. Thomas Clarkson

4. Jeremy Clarkson

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How did his work get noticed?

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1. He won an essay competition at Cambridge University

2. He was able to promote his work

3, Due to social media likes

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Which MP was recruited by Thomas Clarkson to speak on behalf of the abolition in Parliament?

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1. Margaret Thatcher

2. Boris Johnson

3. William Wilberforce

4. William Hague

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