Question

select the correct answer from each drop down menu. choose the best way to complete this paragraph about the economic factors behind the transatlantic slave trade. the slave ships brought in weapons and fabric from europe and sold the slave ship owners and traders in return sold them to warlords and ____ that the enslaved people produced in the european colonies in the americas. industries in europe depended on the ____ from the americas. (drop down options for first blank: slave traders in west africa; drop down options for second blank: raw materials, finished products, equipment)

Explanation:

Enslaved people in the Americas primarily produced raw materials (like cotton, sugar, tobacco) that were sent to Europe for processing into finished goods, which aligned with the triangular trade's economic structure.

Answer:

raw materials