Question

select the correct answer from each drop - down menu. choose the best way to complete this paragraph about the economic factors behind the transatlantic slave trade. the slave ships brought in weapons and fabric from europe and sold them to warlords and traders in return sold the slave ship owners the captured men, women, and children. industrial in ports of africa. the slave that the enslaved people produced in the european colonies in the an

Explanation:

1. For the first dropdown: The context describes European slave ships trading goods to African groups to acquire enslaved people, and the trade relied on interactions with local African figures who supplied enslaved people. "Locals" fits as the group in African ports who received European goods in exchange for enslaved people.
2. For the second dropdown: The transatlantic slave trade was driven by the need for labor to produce raw materials (like cotton, sugar, tobacco) in American colonies, which were then sent to Europe for industrial production. This matches the economic factor context of the paragraph.

Answer:

First dropdown: locals
Second dropdown: raw materials