Social Studies Alive - Ch 8

What did Europeans offer to trade to the people of West Africa? 

• guns
• overseers
• lumber
• all of the above

Where were most slaves in the West Indies and British North America put to work? 

• gold and silver mines
• household kitchens 
• grain and textile mills
• sugar and tobacco plantations

When Africans captured in the slave trade arrived in the American colonies, they were first

• reunited with family members.
• sold at scrambles or slave auctions. 
• given a full medical examination.
• taught English so they could follow orders.

What was an overseer’s main job?

• to evaluate the price of slaves
• . to supervise the work of slaves
• to teach slaves to use new tools
• to help slaves escape to the North

Why did some slaves pretend not to understand what they were told to do?

• It was a form of resistance.
• It spared their friends' feelings.
• . It helped them learn English.
• . It allowed them to buy freedom.

The exchange of goods and slaves between Europe, the Americas and West Africa was called what?

• triangular trade
• slave auction
• slave trade
• Middle Passage

A public sale where slaves were sold to the highest bidder was called what?

• slave trade
• slave auction
• overseer
• Middle Passage

Which of the following is a reason slaves would have a hard time their first year on a plantation?

• Slaves were forced to go to school to learn English.
• . Slaves were shouted at in an unfamiliar language. 
• Slaves usually served as house servants or cooks.
• all of the above

What work did most slaves do on plantations?

• They took care of children.
• They sewed clothes in a factory.
• . They cleaned the overseer's house.
• They planted and picked crops.

Why did the slave traders try to prevent slaves from killing themselves?

• They didn't want food on the ship to get wasted.

• They wanted to stop sharks from following them.

• They knew losing slaves meant losing money

• all of the above