European Colonialism in the Americas

What is the central paradigm in most textbooks regarding European colonialism in the Americas?

• The transportation and exploitation of Africans in New World slavery

• The suffering of American Indians due to disease and land dispossession

• The enslavement of Africans and Indians in large numbers

• The growth of colonies through unfree labor

What was the main means by which Europeans generated wealth in the New World?

• Slave trading

• Unfree labor

• Colonial production

• Overseas expansion

Which statement accurately describes the institution of slavery in the early modern world?

• Slavery was primarily associated with Africans and their descendants

• Slavery was a new historical development that only affected Africans

• Slavery varied greatly from place to place and involved different populations

• Slavery was a universal institution that affected all societies equally

What was the racialized form that slavery took in the New World?

• Enslavement based on religious beliefs

• Enslavement based on skin color

• Enslavement based on economic contributions

• Enslavement based on social status

Which group provided the bulk of labor in the new racialized system of slavery?

• American Indians

• Africans

• Asians

• Europeans

What was the main reason for the Spanish colonists to turn to importing Africans as slaves?

• Africans were more resistant to European-conveyed diseases

• Africans were more willing to work as slaves

• Africans were already familiar with the institution of slavery

• Africans were considered more valuable in the labor market

What was the main system for organizing Indian labor in Spanish colonies?

• Repartimiento

• Encomienda

• Yanaconaje

• Mission labor

Who were the primary perpetrators of Indian enslavement in North America above Mexico?

• North American Europeans

• South American Europeans

• Indian tribes

• African slave traders

Which colonial region in the eastern United States saw a frenzy of Indian enslavement in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries?

• New England

• South Carolina

• Virginia

• Louisiana

Where did large-scale enslavement of American Indians persist well into the nineteenth century?

• Eastern United States

• Great Lakes region

• Mississippi Valley

• Western United States