Question

1. what was one main reason why the slave trade greatly expanded beginning around the 1500s?a. africans gave up trying to resist capture by european slave traders.b. europeans started depending on enslaved people for labor in new colonies.c. europeans needed more enslaved people to manage the arrival of new colonial goods.d. arab merchants expanded the slave trade into south and east asia.2. how did the atlantic slave trade contribute to the rise of some african states?a. some african leaders went to europe to acquire industrial technology.b. europeans encouraged african empires to fight against each other.c. some african groups moved inland to avoid the slave trade.d. some african states participated in slave trading to gain wealth and power.3. which statement describes the third and final leg of the triangular trade?a. american goods were sold in europe.b. enslaved africans were sold in the americas.c. european goods were sold in africa.d. european profits were used to buy plantations in the americas.

Explanation:

1. For the first question: In the 1500s, European powers established colonies in the Americas that required large amounts of labor for cash crop plantations, leading to a massive expansion of the slave trade. Africans continued resisting capture, enslaved people were not used to manage colonial goods arrival, and Arab slave trade expansion was not the main driver of the transatlantic slave trade growth.
2. For the second question: Some African states collaborated with European slave traders, capturing and selling enslaved people from rival groups in exchange for European weapons, textiles, and other goods, which allowed them to accumulate wealth and military power to expand their influence. The other options do not explain the rise of African states from the slave trade.
3. For the third question: The triangular trade had three legs: first, European goods were sent to Africa; second, enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas; third, raw goods (like sugar, tobacco) produced in the Americas were shipped to Europe to be sold.

Answer:

1. B. Europeans started depending on enslaved people for labor in new colonies.
2. D. Some African states participated in slave trading to gain wealth and power.
3. A. American goods were sold in Europe.