The following is an imaginary conversation between Osei Tutu, the asantehene (king) of the Ashanti in modern-day Ghana, and John Chambe British slave trader. As they discuss the changes brought about in Africa by the trans-Atlantic slave trade, fill in the blanks with the most appr answers from the dropdown menus.
OSEI TUTU: This trade has brought much destruction to my people. We have suffered from losing much of our population, but we have als suffered from the introduction of ______________, which have changed our society drastically, making our kingdoms and emp more violent and less secure and politically stable.
JOHN CHAMBEPS: I can see what you mean. So many African men have been sold into the _________, and so man African wonfen have been sold into the __________ grad slave trade. Some say it has really depopulated many regions.
OSEI: Yes, and what do you call this horrible voyage across the Atlantic Ocean that the slaves you buy must make?
JOHN: It is known as the __________. It is truly one of the most inhumane circumstances that I have ever seen. Even many of th European crews die on each voyage. They are lucky if they live to work on the sugar plantations on the other side of the ocean.You know, long before we had sugar plantations in the Americas, we experimented with using African labor here, in the Old World, on the island of ________.
A. Madagaskar
B. Middle passage
C. Trans-atlantic
D. Trans-atlantic slave trade
E. European disease