The Age of Exploration: Chapter 10, Exercise 2 — Possible Solution
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ANSWER
Chapter 9 dates the start of the Atlantic slave trade to 1444, when six
caravels docked in Lagos with 235 enslaved people, decades before 1492. The
source says it expanded dramatically after 1500, but does not say Columbus's
voyage caused that.

BETTER STATEMENT
"The Atlantic slave trade began in the 1440s and expanded greatly after 1500,
as European colonies in the Americas grew."

CAUTION
Even the second half is a linking claim; check it against a source that
states the relationship.