Question

1. which product from southeast asia was cultivated in the new world and led to the expansion of the slave trade?

a. tea
b. coffee
c. tobacco
d. sugar cane

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option a: Tea is more associated with East Asia (like China, India) and its cultivation in the New World didn't drive slave trade expansion.
• Option b: Coffee's main cultivation regions for slave - related expansion were more in places like the Caribbean (but origin not Southeast Asia).
• Option c: Tobacco is native to the Americas, not from Southeast Asia.
• Option d: Sugar cane originated in Southeast Asia. When it was cultivated in the New World (like Caribbean, Brazil), the labor - intensive nature of its cultivation led to a huge expansion of the slave trade as enslaved Africans were brought in to work on sugar plantations.

Answer:

d. Sugar cane