Lesson 5: Slavery in the Colonies Test

The Spanish and Europeans enslaved Africans to replace which group of people?

• Aztecs

• Native Americans

• Colonists

• Spanish

In which colonial region was the slave trade established?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• French

What was a ship carrying from Africa to the West Indies?

• Iron products

• Rum, iron products

• Captive Africans, gold

• Grain, meat, and fish

Where were the slaves taken from?

• West Indies and the Southern Colonies

• Africa and Europe

• Africa

• Africa and the West Indies

During the 1700s, a plantation owner with a dozen slaves was most likely living in what area?

• New England colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Spanish Colonies

What was a ship carrying from the Southern Colonies to Europe?

• Tools, clothing, and other manufactured goods

• Rum, iron products

• Lumber, indigo, tobacco, rice

• Sugar, molasses, Captive Africans

The enslaved people were considered the legal property of the ________.

• slaveholder

• indentured servant

• cash crops

• plantation

During the 1700s, the spread of slavery in the Americas was an effort by the colonies to overcome a shortage of which of the following?

• Educated planters

• Manual Labor

• Natural Resources

• Skilled Tradesman

The terrible journey for the enslaved people from West Africa to The West Indies was known as the ________

• middle passage

• triangular trade

• rebel

• plantation

How was the Triangular Trade linked to mercantilism?

• The colonists used slave labor to supply England with the raw materials to manufacture goods. Then England could sell the products to other countries.

• The colonists used slave labor to supply the colonies with the raw materials to manufacture goods.

• The colonists used slave labor to supply the West Indies with the raw materials to manufacture goods.

• The colonists used slave labor to supply Africa with the raw materials to manufacture goods.