Unit 4: Slavery Review

How did the Columbian Exchange affect the lives of Europeans?

• Diseases from tropical areas led to numerous epidemics and decreased the population by half.

• Weeds from North America destroyed wheat harvests and caused periodic famines

• 1. New sources of food improved their diet and caused a population increase.

• 1. Domesticated animals from South America helped plow fields and increased food production.

Which country is following a mercantilist economic policy?

• 1.  supply of gold is being forcibly removed by its more powerful neighbor. 

• 1.  profits from exports of military supplies exceed its costs in importing raw materials.

• 1. manufactures furniture and sells it at a reasonable price to its citizens.

• 1. exports cotton to another country but imports more expensive textiles in return.

Why did English colonists enslave few Native Americans in the southern colonies and in the Caribbean?

• English Protestant beliefs prohibited them from owning Native Americans.

• Native Americans often died from English contact because they had little immunity to disease.

• 1. The English were more interested in trade than creating large plantations.

• 1. The type of agricultural production in these areas required only a small labor force.

Which economic activity relied on the majority of America’s enslaved Africans?

• 1. plantation farming

• shipbuilding

• mining

• 1. fur trapping

Which of the following groups experienced a significant increase in economic power within the colonial economies?

• bishops

• merchants

• farmers

• miners

What was the primary purpose of the British Navigation Acts during the colonial period?

• To increase the wealth of the British Crown

• To promote free trade among the colonies

• 1. To encourage the growth of colonial manufacturing

• 1. To protect British economic interests by regulating colonial trade

The Southern colonies produced what type of crop?

Why didn't Africa want to abolish slavery during the colonial period?

• Because they believed in the superiority of certain races.

• Because they were forced by the colonial powers to continue it.

• 1. Because it was a major part of their economy and social structure.

• 1. Because they had no knowledge about human rights.

What was the main route of the Triangle Trade during the colonial period?

• From Europe to Africa, then to the Americas, and back to Europe

• From Africa to Europe, then to the Americas, and back to Africa

• 1. From the Americas to Africa, then to Europe, and back to the Americas

• 1. From Europe to the Americas, then to Africa, and back to Europe

What was the impact of the British Navigation Acts on the American colonies?

• It led to an increase in smuggling activities.

• It promoted free trade among the colonies.

• 1. It led to a decrease in the wealth of the British Crown.

• 1. It encouraged the growth of colonial manufacturing.