Lesson 8 Slavery in America

A public sale where enslaved people were sold to the highest bidder is called a(n)

• triangular trade

• overseer

• auction

• Middle Passage

The ______ is the exchange of goods and enslaved people between Europe, the Americas, and West Africa.

• Middle Passage

• overseer

• auction

• triangular trade

A(n) ______was a person in charge of the work of enslaved people.

• Middle Passage

• overseer

• auction

• triangular trade

The________ is the voyage of ships carrying enslaved people across the Atlantic Ocean.

• Middle Passage

• overseer

• auction

• triangular trade

Which of these was true of most West Africans in the 1500s?

• They spoke the same language.

• They were long-distance traders.

• They were captured and enslaved.

• They valued family and ancestors.

What did Europeans offer to trade to the people of West Africa?

• guns

• overseers

• lumber

• all of the above

Where were most enslaved people in the West Indies and British North America put to work?

• gold and silver mines

• household kitchens

• grain and textile mills

• sugar and tobacco plantations

Enslaved people on a ship in the Middle Passage had a lot of

• living space.

• daily exercise.

• serious illness.

When Africans captured in the trade of enslaved people arrived in the American colonies, they were first

• reunited with family members.

• sold at scrambles or auctions.

• given a full medical examination.

• taught English so they could follow orders.

Why did some people who were enslaved pretend not to understand what they were told to do?

• It was a form of resistance.

• It spared their friends' feelings.

• It helped them learn English.

• It allowed them to buy freedom.