TCI Chapter 8 Slavery in the Americas

A public sale where slaves were sold to the highest bidder is called a(n) _____________.

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

Exchange of goods and slaves between Europe, the Americas, and West Africa

• overseer

• slave auction

• Middle Passage

• triangular trade

What choice did West Africans make about the slave trade?

• They refused to take part in the slave trade

• They tried to find slaves outside their nations

• They traded people who were already enslaved

• All of the above

Most slaves in the West Indies and English Colonies on North America were put to work in

• gold and silver mines

• household kitchens

• grain and textile mills

• sugar and tobacco plantations

Which slaves had the hardest life?

• field workers

• house servants

• skilled carpenters

• kitchen gardeners

Some slaves pretend not to understand what they were told to do because

• it was a form of resistance

• it spared their friends' feelings

• it helped them learn English

• it allowed them to buy freedom

How did slaves cope with their ordeal?

• went to school to learn to read and write

• sang spirituals as they worked in the fields

• cooked and baked rich foods for their meals

• took long breaks between tasks throughout the day

An overseers main job is

• to evaluate the price of slaves

• to teach the slaves to use new tools

• to helo slaves escape to the North

• to supervise the work of slaves

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

• reunited with family members

• given a full medical examination

• taught English so they could follow orders

• sold at scrambles or slave auctions

Capturing, transporting, and selling people is called the _____________.

• slave auction
• slave trade
• Triangular Trade
• Middle Passage