Which explanation best describes why the transatlantic journey of the middle passage took longer than the expected time in some instances? a. the ships ran out of food. b. the ships were at the mercy of the weather. c. the slaves rebelled against their european captors. d. the crew was inefficient.

The main reason why the transatlantic journey of the Middle Passage took longer than the expected time in some instances was because the ships were at the mercy of the weather. The Journeys usually took between six to eight weeks, but they could be way longer if they face bad weather. At that time sailors didn’t have the technology to predict weather forecasts, so it was very difficult for them to escape from storms and hurricanes when they showed up.

B. The ships were at the mercy of the weather.

the berlin blockade was an international crisis that arose from an attempt by the soviet union, in 1948–49, to force the western allied powers (the united states, the united kingdom, and france) to abandon their post-world war ii jurisdictions in west berlin. in march 1948 the allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of germany into a single economic unit. in protest, the soviet representative withdrew from the allied control council. coincident with the introduction of a new deutsche mark in west berlin (as throughout west germany), which the soviets regarded as a violation of agreements with the allies, the soviet occupation forces in eastern germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between berlin and the west. on june 24 the soviets announced that the four-power administration of berlin had ceased and that the allies no longer had any rights there.

it refers to race, i am pretty sure this was a popular term in nazi germany or something.