Grade 9 History chapter 6

Welcome to your Grade 9 History chapter 6

After carefully reading the following 30 questions, choose the correct answer.

1. 
Which European country established early contacts with the coastal regions of West Africa?

2. 
What was the immediate goal of the Portuguese when exploring the West African coast?

3. 
Which slave trade connected three continents: Europe, Africa, and the Americas?

4. 
In what year did the Dutch establish a permanent settlement in South Africa?

5. 
What was the primary purpose of the first Dutch settlement in South Africa?

6. 
Which group of indigenous people did the Dutch first trade with in South Africa?

7. 
What term was used to describe trade in commodities other than slaves after the slave trade was outlawed?

8. 
Which missionaries closely followed the early Portuguese penetration of tropical Africa?

9. 
What factor contributed to the start of the transatlantic slave trade in West Africa?

10. 
West African states often cooperated with European traders to exchange slaves for what?

11. 
The Dutch trading company that established a settlement in South Africa was from which country?

12. 
What was a distant objective of the Portuguese voyages along the West African coast?

13. 
Catholic missionaries were sent to Africa in the late 15th century primarily to convert whom?

14. 
What role did Christian missionaries often play regarding European colonialism?

15. 
The Trans-Atlantic slave trade involved shipping enslaved Africans to which primary location?

16. 
Before the Atlantic trade, West Africa was an important source of enslaved people for trade across which area?

17. 
Which group was provided a hospital for sick sailors by the Dutch settlement in South Africa?

18. 
Slavery and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade are discussed in terms of their origin, phases, and what else?

19. 
What was the destination of the caravan traffic across the Sahara?

20. 
Which of these was NOT a phase of the Atlantic slave trade?

21. 
White settlement in South Africa was paved by the establishment of what?

22. 
The Portuguese first sailed out on their voyages of exploration along which coast?

23. 
European explorers and missionaries are explored in this unit as part of Africa's contact with whom?

24. 
What was a motive of white settlers in southern Africa mentioned in the unit learning outcomes?

25. 
The fragmentation of which empires contributed to the rise of the slave trade in West Africa?

26. 
What kind of relationship between Africans and Europeans is evaluated for this period?

27. 
Which European power was primary in converting African rulers in the late 15th century?

28. 
What type of trade involves "legitimate commerce" such as palm oil and ivory?

29. 
In the late 15th and early 16th centuries, missionaries were sent to convert many of whom?

30. 
Which continent did the "Legitimate" trade primarily focus on for commerce with Europe?

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