CHAPTER 18 – The Atlantic System and Africa, 1550-1800
PLANTATIONS IN THE WEST INDIES
1. Describe the evolution of the tobacco and sugar industries in the West
Indies.
2. What factors led to the development of the African slave trade?
PLANTATION LIFE IN THE 18TH CENTURY
1. What led to the growth of the sugar industry and what was the impact of
sugar?
2. What was life like for a slave?
3. What was life like for free people? How could slaves become free?
THE ATLANTIC ECONOMY
1. Compare and contrast the economic systems of capitalism and
mercantilism.
2. Describe the Atlantic Circuit and the various elements of the African slave
trade.
AFRICA, THE ATLANTIC, AND ISLAM
1. What effects did slavery have on economic life in Africa?
2. How and why did Islamic influence in sub-Saharan Africa differ from the
influence of Europeans?
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