Crash Course World History Quiz

How many African slaves were forcibly moved from Africa to the Americas between 1500 to 1880CE?

• 10-12 million

• 20-22 million

• 5-7 million

• 15-17 million

What percentage of the African slaves went to the Caribbean?

• 35%

• 25%

• 48%

• 60%

Which European merchants imported thousands of Armenian, Circassian, and Georgian slaves to Italy after the 4th Crusade?

• French

• Spanish

• Portuguese

• Italian

What is the term historians use to indicate that the slaves were move-able property?

• Hereditary slavery

• Chattel slavery

• Plantation slavery

• Barbarian slavery

What was the average life expectancy for a Brazilian slave on a sugar plantation in the late 18th century?

• 40 years

• 30 years

• 50 years

• 23 years

Who believed that some people are just naturally slaves?

• Homer

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Socrates

Which group of people were the first to import large numbers of Bantu speaking Africans to their territory as slaves?

• Romans

• Judeo-Christians

• Greeks

• Muslim Arabs

What did the Bible use to justify the enslavement of Africans?

• The Book of Exodus

• The Ten Commandments

• The Book of Genesis

• The Book of Leviticus

Who were the first colonizers of the Americas and the dominant importers of slaves?

• French and Dutch

• Spanish and Portuguese

• British and Dutch

• French and British

What percentage of the total Roman population were slaves?

• 10%

• 40%

• 20%

• 30%