Lesson 8 - Slavery in the Americas - Review

Someone who captured another person for purposes of slavery was an ______.

• auction

• enslaver

• overseer

• Middle Passage

The exchange of enslaved people and goods across the Atlantic Ocean, the Americas, Europe, and Africa was known as the ______.

• triangular trade

• Middle Passage

• auction

• overseer

A public sale where enslaved people were sold to the highest bidder was an _____.

• overseer

• Middle Passage

• auction

• triangular trade

The voyage of ships carrying enslaved people across the Atlantic Ocean from West Africa to the Americas was known as the ________.

• triangular trade

• Middle Passage

• overseer

• auction

Someone in charge of the work of enslaved people who could also punish them for disobedience was known as an ______.

• Middle Passage

• auction

• triangular trade

• overseer

True or False - People in West Africa spoke the same language.

• true

• false

True or False - People in West Africa valued family and ancestors above anything else.

• true

• false

What did Europe offer to trade with the people of West Africa?

• guns

• overseers

• lumber

• fish

Which part of the triangular trade was known as the Middle Passage?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

What were TWO ways a plantation owner could obtain a slave?

• They could bid on one at an auction.

• They could choose one at a scramble.

• They could order one.

• They could win one.