TCI Lesson 8 - Slavery in the Americas

A public sale where enslaved people were sold to the highest bidder is called a(n) ____________________. (pg. 113)

• Middle Passage

• overseer

• auction

• Triangular trade

The ____________________ is the exchange of goods and enslaved people between Europe, the Americas, and West Africa.(pg.111)

• Middle Passage

• overseer

• auction

• Triangular trade

A(n) ____________________ was a person in charge of the work of enslaved people (pg.113)

• Middle Passage

• overseer

• auction

• Triangular trade

The ____________________ is the voyage of ships carrying enslaved people across the Atlantic Ocean. (pg. 111)

• Middle Passage

• overseer

• auction

• Triangular trade

Which of these was true of most West Africans in the 1500s? (pg. 108)

• They spoke the same language.

• They were long-distance traders.

• They were captured and enslaved.

• They valued family and ancestors.

What did Europeans offer to trade to the people of West Africa? (pg. 107)

• guns

• overseers

• lumber

• all of the above

What choice did West Africans make about the trade of enslaved people? (pg. 110)

• West Africans refused to take part in the trade of enslaved people.

• West Africans tried to find enslaved people outside their nations.

• West Africans traded people who were already enslaved.

• all of the above

Where were most enslaved people in the West Indies and British North America put to work? (pg. 111)

• gold and silver mines

• household kitchens

• grain and textile mills

• sugar and tobacco plantations

Enslaved people on a ship in the Middle Passage had a lot of (pg, 111)

• living space.

• daily exercise.

• serious illness.

• successful revolts.

When Africans captured in the trade of enslaved people arrived in the American colonies, they were first (pg. 113)

• reunited with family members.

• sold at scrambles or auctions.

• given a full medical examination.

• taught English so they could follow orders.