Unit 6 Chapter 3 Test—The Columbian Exchange and the Transatlantic Slave Trade Untitled form

What did the Europeans bring to the Americas that most likely made it easier to conquer the Indigenous peoples?

• a) honeybees
• b) disease
• c) grains
• d) livestock

Who did the Spanish first enslave to work on their plantations?

• a) Africans
• b) Portuguese
• c) other Spaniards
• d) Indigenous peoples

Who brought the first Africans to the British colonies in North America?

• a) the Dutch
• b) the British
• c) the Spanish
• d) the Portuguese

What was this series of trade routes called?

• a) the Columbian Exchange
• b) the Caribbean Exchange
• c) the Encomienda System
• d) the triangular trade

What types of goods were transported from the Americas to Europe?

• a) manufactured goods
• b) enslaved people
• c) luxuries and foods
• d) tools and equipment

How long did it take for ships carrying enslaved people from Africa to cross the Atlantic?

• a) two to four days
• b) two to four weeks
• c) two to four months
• d) two to four years

Why did British colonists stop using indentured servants and begin using enslaved Africans? Select the two correct answers.

• a) The indentured servants began living past the end of their contracts.
• b) England passed a law that made using indentured servants illegal.
• c) Indentured servants cost more than enslaved Africans.
• d) The indentured servants threatened revolt.
• e) All the indentured servants died.

Who did most of the work on plantations?

• a) enslaved people
• b) Indigenous people
• c) free people
• d) landowners

To what is King Nzinga referring to?

• a) enslavement of Portuguese
• b) enslavement of Africans
• c) indentured servants
• d) tobacco exports

Someone who supervises workers to make sure a job is done properly

• export
• overseer
• inhumane
• plantation