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WorksheetsThe Columbian Exchange/Middle Passage
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
a)
American and the New World would exchange items in trade with European countries
b)
Columbus exchanged ideas with other Europeans
c)
An exchange between two people from Columbia
2.
What is an indentured servant?
a)
A slave forced to work for free
b)
A person who takes a job as a servant and gets paid
c)
A person forced to work for someone under contract for a specific time frame
3.
What was the purpose of Europeans traveling to Jamestown and Plymouth?
a)
Vacation
b)
Colonization
c)
Goverment
4.
During the Columbian Exchange, which of the items listed was NOT exchanged?
a)
Animals
b)
People
c)
Ships
d)
Disease
5.
Why did Europeans travel to Africa and the Caribbean?
a)
Looking for food
b)
To find slaves
c)
They wanted to new place to live
6.
During the Middle Passage, Africans were brought to the New World by Ship and were treated like members of the crew?
a)
True
b)
False
7.
The Atlantic Slave Trade was a result of exploration and colonization?
a)
True
b)
False
8.
The status of blacks changed significantly by the 17th century. Blacks went from being slaves and having no rights, to being indentured servants and having rights.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
How did the Southern Colonies primarily make money?
a)
Staple Crops
b)
Trade
c)
Fishing
d)
Cash Crops
10.
Which of these is an example of a cash crop?
a)
Tobacco
b)
Wheat
c)
Oats
d)
Barley
11.
Crops, such as cotton or tobacco, raised in large quantities in order to be sold for profit.
a)
Colony
b)
Charter
c)
Cash Crop
d)
Civilization
12.
3 sided trade route between the 13 Colonies, the West Indies, and Africa; included the slave trade
a)
mercantilism
b)
charter
c)
triangular trade
d)
cash crop
13.
A large farm on which crops are raised by workers who live on the farm.
a)
debtor
b)
labroer
c)
plantation
d)
aprentice
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