Indian Ocean Trade versus Atlantic Trade

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Objective

I can compare and contrast the characteristics of the Indian Ocean and Atlantic slave trades.

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Warm-up video

Smithsonian Channel · 3:03

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Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    The Indian Ocean slave trade is likely the oldest of the slave trades and transported more human beings than the Atlantic slave trade.

  2. 2

    Unlike the Atlantic slave trade which centered on labor and shipped more men, the Indian Ocean trade centered on services and shipped roughly two women for every man.

  3. 3

    From the 17th century, modern-day Tanzania was under control of the Omani Arab Empire and specialized in ivory, spices, and slaves.

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Practice

11 questions

1

According to the video, what is one key difference in the demographics of enslaved people transported in the Atlantic slave trade versus the Indian Ocean slave trade?

2

Which empire controlled the hub of the Indian Ocean slave trade in modern-day Tanzania from the 17th century?

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Exit ticket

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Describe one key difference between the Atlantic slave trade and the Indian Ocean slave trade in terms of the ratio of men to women being transported.

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