IGH Reading Quiz 3

Which trade prompted major growth in the institution of slavery in the ninth century CE?

• Sugar

• Gold mining

• Cowrie shells

• Rice

Which religion forbade enslavement of co-religionists, meaning that conversion to it could result theoretically in emancipation?

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Islam

• Buddhism

Which of the following is true about enslavement in Africa? (3 answers)

• Most enslaved people were women

• Most enslaved people were men

• Enslaved people could rise to positions of power

• Slave ownership was a key expression of wealth and prestige

What is true about Islam and enslavement (3 answers)?

• Spread of Islam facilitated the slave trade in Asia.

• Enslaved people were considered as humans.

• Enslaved people had no legal rights.

• Enslavement for debt or criminal acts were banned.

How did the Qing dynasty in China move from enslavement to free peasant status in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

• Official legislation

• Social pressure

• Religious texts

• Revolution

Which of the following best defines the term “chattel slavery”?

• Enslaved people retained basic human rights

• Enslaved people served fixed, temporary sentences

• Enslaved people belonged to communities as a whole

• Enslaved people became the personal property of their owners

Which of the following are reasons why the sugar industry was so prolific in the Caribbean? (3 answers)

• Sugar was a native species

• Volcanic soil

• Tropical climate

• Availability of irrigating water

Approximately what proportion of enslaved Africans died in their first three years of arrival working in mines and on sugar plantations?

• 1/8

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 1/2

What is the best definition for the term “maroon”?

• An escaped slave who was caught and returned to an enslaver

• An escaped slave who belonged to an independent community

• A born native of Suriname, Jamaica, or other resisting nationality

• A result of mixed race relations

Which group was most responsible for the initial capture of African slaves?

• Portuguese

• Other Africans

• British

• Arabs