WorksheetsSugar Part 2
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What did Europeans see as their way to vast wealth?
a)
striking oil
b)
growing sugar with slave labor
c)
inheriting their parents' land
d)
drinking tea
2.
Where did sugar planting first boom?
a)
The island of Hispaniola
b)
North America
c)
New Guinea
d)
Persia
3.
What country was made the second center of sugar by the Europeans?
a)
France
b)
USA
c)
Brazil
d)
Hispaniola
4.
What country was turned into a sugar island by the British?
a)
Hawaii
b)
New Guinea
c)
Puerto Rico
d)
Barbados
5.
The sugar island of Barbados and Jamaica had how many slaves during the 1660's?
a)
900,000
b)
2 million
c)
none
d)
100,000
6.
Which was not a sugar cane slave job?
a)
seeders
b)
weeder
c)
specialist
d)
overseer
7.
What was the job of a sugar cane specialist?
a)
watched for ripe sugar cane plants
b)
plowed the sugar cane fields
c)
managed the slaves
d)
pulled weeds around the sugar cane stalks
8.
The triangular trade was better known as what?
a)
Pythagoras's Theorem
b)
The Spherical Trade
c)
The Slave Trade
d)
Palmares
9.
What was the Spherical Trade?
a)
Trading of balls of yarn
b)
Beekman family's real name
c)
A trade system between Europe, Africa, and North America
d)
A trade system between Hispaniola, Bermuda, and Barbados
10.
Which two antonyms best describe the lives of African slaves and sugar?
a)
happy; sad
b)
enthusiastic; lazy
c)
bitter; sweetness
d)
overworked; enslaved
11.
What was the "boiler" job compared to on a slave plantation?
a)
upper management
b)
a chemist
c)
freedom
d)
the good life
12.
Who were "mothers of the platform"?
a)
female slaves who separated the pure white sugar from the dark sugar
b)
mothers of slave children
c)
Overseer's wife
d)
She tended to the children
13.
Sugar cane plantations were compared to what?
a)
A vacation
b)
Home away from home
c)
Factories
d)
Cotton plantations
14.
Who was not required to work on the harvest once the crop was ripe?
a)
Children
b)
Pregnant Women
c)
Weak slaves
d)
Everyone had to help
15.
How did slaves express their emotions?
a)
Keeping a journal
b)
Music and dance
c)
Reading books
d)
Mouthing off to their owners
16.
Which type of music came from slaves in Puerto Rico?
a)
Polka
b)
Rumba
c)
Bomba
d)
Maculele
17.
Which type of dance is danced with sticks or sugar cane stalks?
a)
Maculele
b)
Bomba
c)
Rumba
18.
Which type of dance is a kind of conversation between a woman and the man dancing with her?
a)
Maculele
b)
Rumba
c)
Polka
d)
Bomba
19.
What was Palmares?
a)
A safe haven for escaped slaves
b)
Hell
c)
Another name for plantations
d)
Escaped slaves
20.
What were escaped slaves who lived freely called?
a)
Lucky
b)
Maroons
c)
Palmares
21.
What was the owner of the sugar plantation's house called?
a)
Home Sweet Home
b)
Maroon
c)
The Great House
d)
Palmares
22.
What was the job of the overseer on a sugar cane plantation?
a)
To pull weeds around the sugar cane stalks
b)
to watch the boiling vats
c)
To control and manage the slaves
d)
To make sure the sugar can was ripe for picking
23.
Overseers were slaves who were in charge of other slaves
a)
True: they were the "lucky" slaves
b)
False: Overseers weren't even slaves
24.
Why were sugar plantations considered Hell?
a)
Because of the endless labor they demanded from slaves
b)
The slaves were rebellious
c)
The slaves weren't allowed to play music
25.
Which is NOT one of the reasons that sugar plantations were Hell?
a)
Slaves weren't allowed to sing and dance
b)
Overseers had absolute power and were treated like gods
c)
There were so many dangers and injuries on the plantations
26.
What was another name for sugar?
a)
White gold
b)
The moneymaker
c)
Wealth
d)
Hell
27.
What ended the age of sugar being so expensive and difficult to get?
a)
Everyone had their own sugar cane crop
b)
No one cared about sugar anymore
c)
Columbus bringing sugar cane to the New World
28.
What happened to sugar once Columbus brought it to the New World?
a)
It became extinct
b)
It was used freely by everyone
c)
Its value was increased
d)
It was only used in tea
29.
What is "chaw"?
a)
White gold
b)
Sugar
c)
Tea
d)
Caffeine
30.
Why were the English drinking up to 50 cups of tea a day?
a)
They were told it was good for their health
b)
They were addicted to tea
c)
They needed something to put their sugar in
31.
Why did the English "need" to drink tea?
a)
A source of energy when working long hours in factories
b)
Because they were thirsty
c)
It was their "go to" beverage
32.
English factories were built, run, and paid for by what?
a)
Tea
b)
Bread
c)
Sugar
d)
Slaves
33.
How much sugar does an average American eat a year?
a)
140 pounds
b)
1 ton
c)
30 pounds
34.
What did the Age of Sugar replace?
a)
The Age of Honey
b)
The Age of Tea
c)
The Age of Freedom
35.
The Age of Sugar is also known as what?
a)
The Age of Equality
b)
The Age of Free Trade
c)
The Industrial Age
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