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Chapter 05 • Master

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How did many African tribal leaders profit by participating in the European slave trade? [7-1.5]
a)
by beginning resistance movements against Europeans
b)
by traveling to the Americas to start plantations
c)
by selling other Africans captured during wars
d)
by involving Asian businessmen in the slave trade
2.

Use the image. In addition to increased tribal warfare, how did the Europeans affect Africa during the slave trade? [7-1.5]

a)

plantations built

b)

population decreased

c)

isolationism increased

d)

established settler colonies

3.

How did the European slave trade affect Africa socially? [7-1.5]

a)

African tribes began converting to Judaism.

b)

African education systems became widespread.

c)

African families and communities were split apart.

d)

African societies gained from improved health care.

4.

How did some Africans, like Queen Nzinga, respond to the European slave trade? [7-1.5]

a)

They formed military groups to attack slave ships.

b)

They wrote books about the unfair treatment of slaves.

c)

They paid Europeans to get freedom for other Africans.

d)

They convinced the European kings to stop trading slaves.

5.

Why were Europeans trading weapons and other goods in Africa? [7-1.5]

a)

to get African goods to sell in Europe

b)

to get raw materials and cash crops

c)

to get slaves from African kings

d)

to get land to build colonies

6.

Which of the following is an effect of the European slave trade on Africa? [7-1.5]

a)

Christianity spread.

b)

Education improved.

c)

Tribal warfare increased.

d)

Plantation colonies developed.

7.

Which of the following best describes a social effect the slave trade had in Africa? [7-1.5]

a)

Ninety percent of the people died of diseases.

b)

The population of Africa decreased.

c)

Racism spread in the Americas.

d)

Communities were strengthened.

8.

How did the European slave trade affect African communities? [7-1.5]

a)

New technologies inspired many Africans to begin world exploration.

b)

Trade with the Europeans provided more jobs for African women.

c)

Education and school systems improved in most African areas.

d)

Loss of workers created economic problems for Africans.

9.

How can European interaction with Africa during the Colonial Period be summarized?715

a)

Europeans and Africans mutually benefited from this interaction.

b)

The interaction was violent and unfavorable towards Africans.

c)

The interaction was unprofitable for Europeans.

d)

Europeans were respectful of African cultural institutions.

10.

What was the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean that took slaves from Africa to the Americas called? 715

a)

Columbian Exchange

b)

Triangular Trade

c)

Slave Trade

d)

Middle Passage

11.

How were the Europeans able to get slaves in Africa?

a)

by trading gold and silver with African priests

b)

by trading plantation products with African farmers

c)

by trading silk and spices with African merchants

d)

by trading iron and weapons with African tribal leaders

12.

The term "The Middle Passage" refers to which of the following?

a)

the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean that took slaves from Africa to the Americas

b)

the voyage along the coast of Northern Africa that took slaves to Europe

c)

the voyage over land that took slaves in Africa to the Mediterranean

d)

the voyage that brought slaves from around Africa to the shipping areas in West Africa

13.

How did the European slave trade cause tribal warfare to increase in Africa? 715

a)

Africans captured other tribes get slaves to trade to Europeans

b)

The demand for African slaves in Asia increased.

c)

Europeans kidnapped entire African societies for slave labor.

d)

Europeans created large settler colonies in Africa.

14.

Why did Great Britain bring indentured servants to the Americas? [7-1.5]

a)

to replace Native Americans as their main work force

b)

to protect the British colonists against the Natives

c)

to allow them to set up their own private businesses

d)

to use as a cheap labor source on the plantations

15.

Why were indentured servants willing to move to the Americas to work on plantations? [7-1.5]

a)

They were criminals paying their debt to society.

b)

They were entrepreneurs starting new businesses.

c)

They were people looking for religious freedom.

d)

They were Africans wanting a better life in America.