Question

The activity depicted in the maps represents which of the following changes with respect to slavery between 1450 and 1750?

The direction of the slave trade changed as the movement of indigenous American populations decreased.
Africans reluctantly became involved with the international slave trade.
The volume of the slave trade increased as slavery increasingly became a non-inherited status.
The slave trade became more focused on traffic to the Americas as traffic to the Old World declined.

Answer 1

Answer: The slave trade became more focused on traffic to the Americas as traffic to the Old World declined.

Step-by-step explanation:

From the maps it is shown that from the years 1451 to 1600 the amount of enslaved people transported from Africa to the Old World of Europe was more than the amount transported to the Americas.

In the years 1601 - 1700 however there was a change in the trend as less enslaved people were transported to the Old World and instead were sent in larger numbers to the Americas therefore showing that the slave trade became more focused on traffic to the Americas as traffic to the Old World declined.