Hines’ History Spot

French II – complete the exercises in your wkbk pp139. Ch5&6 of Ma Voiture are due Monday.

APWH – Complete the Ch20 discussion questions for Mon.

APWH – Ch. 20 Discussion questions
1. Discuss the stages in the Portuguese exploration and penetration of Africa.
2. Trace the changes in volume of the Atlantic slave trade between 1450-1850.
3. What was the demographic effect of the African slave trade on the sub-Saharan region?
4. Discuss the arguments concerning the profitability of the slave trade.
5. How did the slave trade affect African state formation?
6. What was the Mfecane and how did it affect Southern Africa?
7. What was the social structure of American slave-based societies?
8. Why did the slave trade come to an end?
9. Discuss how the political, social, and economic organization of the Americas differed from those of Africa.
10. Discuss how the West affected the political development of Africa and how slavery was a component in the nature of state formation in sub-Saharan Africa.