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Slave Trade

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 24mins

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Class

Date

Enslaved people were brought to the New World from _________.

A. Canada

B. New Netherland

C. Africa

D. New Zealand

What were the new crops grown in the colonies that demanded slave labor?

A.corn,beans, squash

B. sugar, cotton, wheat

C. cotton, wheat, corn

D sugar cane, cotton, tobacco

How did the African kings view the Africans they sold?

A. fellow Africans

B. criminals, debtors, prisoners of war

C. enemies

D. brothers

It is estimated that ______ of the Africans loaded on the ships died en route to the New World.

A. about 20%

B. about 30%

C. about 40%

The part of the enslaved persons journey aboard the ship between Africa and the American colonies was known as the _________________ _________________

A. Triangular Trade Route

b. Middle Passage

C. Northwest Passage

D. Bermuda Triangle

What is the term that refers to the relationship between Europe, Africa, and the Americas in which slaves were traded for raw goods or money?

A . Mercantalism

B. Triangular Trade

C. Market economics

D. Feudalism

The majority of enslaved people that were brought to the American colonies were brought to…

A. work on plantations

B. work on railroads

C. work on building houses

D work building ships

Which of the following was NOT a destination of the Middle Passage?

A. West Indies

B. Brazil

C. Europe

D. East Coast of South America

Which of the choices below was LEAST LIKELY to happen on a mid-Atlantic slave trading ship?

A. slave insurrections

B. People would die

C. raging disease

D. running out of supplies

10.

_{Which statement best describes the definition of Abolitionist?}

A. wants to get rid of alcohol

B. wants equality

C. wants to eliminate slavery

D. fights for better education

11.

Which former US President defended the Amistad Africans before the Supreme Court?

A. John Adams

B. Andrew Jackson

C. Rodger Baldwin

D. John Quincy Adams

12.

What continents did the Atlantic Slave Trade include?

A. North America, South America, and Brazil

B. North America, South America, and Africa, Europe

C. North America, Europe, and Africa

D. South America, Asia, and Europe

13.

What did the English ship captains typically offer in trade for a cargo of captured enslaved Africans?

A. Guns and finished products

B. Gold and Silver

C. Sugar and Molasses

D. Fish and timber

14.

What group of people usually enslaved people through capture in Africa?

A. Other Africans

B. Europeans

C. Mongols

D. Chinese

15.

An Abolitionist is a person who...

A. wanted all slaves to have equal rights as whites

B. thought only northern African-Americans deserved equal rights

C. only wanted southern slaves to have equal rights

D. wanted to end the slavery.

16.

Who is this author and abolitionist?

A. Ben Franklin

B. Thomas Paine

C. Olaudah Equiano

D. Thomas Jefferson

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Slave Trade

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 24mins

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