Ancestral Africa & the Atlantic World Vocabulary Review

Black Codes

• a secret language used by enslaved people on the middle passage

• a legal system that discriminates based on race

• laws passed to limit the rights of African Americans

• laws passed and enforced by black people to keep the peace

Which of the following is NOT true of chattel slavery?

• a system where descendants are automatically enslaved

• a system where enslavement is forever

• a system where humans are treated as property

• a system where the enslaved begin as indentured servants

Based on the definition, you could say that early African communities were NOT civilized.

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT part of a culture?

• shared heredity within a community

• shared values within a community

• shared attitudes & behaviors in a community

• shared relationships in a community

Which of the following is NOT true of the Gullah Geechee culture?

• their language is a blend of African & European languages

• the Gullah people were never enslaved

• it is an African American culture found in the Low Country

• the term refers to both the people and their dialect

Which of the following is NOT true of an indentured servant?

• the work was contractual

• they received no pay for their work

• their children were also indentured

• their contract was for a set period of time

Which of the following is NOT true of indigenous?

• it refers to a people original to a place

• it refers to an idea orignial to a place

• it refers to the original place of a plant or animal

• it refers to the original place of a king

When a slave owner frees a slave, the correct term is:

• emancipation

• freeing

• manumission

• releasing

Which of the following is NOT true of racism?

• a system of oppression

• it is simply hatred of people who are different

• belief in superiority of some and inferiority of other racial groups

• denial of opportunities, resources, & privileges to a specific racial group

Which of the following is NOT true of the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

• it involved the transportation and forced labor of people from all over the globe

• between 10 and 12 million people were captured, enslaved, and transported

• it occured between the 16th & 19th centuries

• the sole purpose was to obtain free labor