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Slavery Unit Review

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

African tribes would trade their prisoners of war and criminals to European slave traders.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Which of the following was the economic trade system used to make a profit on slavery?

a)

The Euro-African Slave Trade

b)

The Middle Passage

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

The New World Slave Trade The New World Slave Trade

3.

What was the first route of the journey along the Triangular Trade?

a)

Africa to Americas

b)

Europe to Africa

c)

Americas to Europe

4.

Which of the following did Europeans bring to the Africa to trade for enslaves Africans?

a)

Manufactured goods like guns

b)

Cash crops like cotton & tobacco

c)

Fine goods like Silk

d)

Money

5.

The 2nd route of Triangular Trade when captured Africans were brought to the Americas was...

a)

The Cruel Passage

b)

The Slave Passage

c)

The Middle Passage

d)

The Profit Passage

6.

Which statement is NOT true about life on Slave Ships?

a)

Slaves packed tightly into a ship's hold

b)

Chained up, forced to eat, & unable to move

c)

Many died during trip due to disease & starvation

d)

Slaves were well fed en-route to appear healthy

7.

The picture represents what would've occurred at the end of which route on Triangular Trade?

a)

Europe to Africa

b)

Africa to Americas

c)

Americas to Europe

8.

When ships came to the Americas across the Middle Passage, what did they trade enslaved Africans for?

a)

Fine Goods like silks

b)

Cash crops like cotton & tobacco

c)

Manufactured Goods like guns

d)

Money

9.

In the Americas, ______ used slave labor to grow cash crops (cotton, tobacco, etc.) for profit.

a)

Ranches

b)

Plantations

c)

Estates

d)

Farmsteads

10.

The following picture shows cash crops that would have been traded from...

a)

Europe to Africa

b)

Africa to Americas

c)

Americas to Europe

11.

An information source that's from a specific era and often is from someone who was present at/experienced a historical event is...

a)

Slave narrative

b)

Secondary source

c)

Autobiography

d)

Primary source

12.

On a runaway slave ad, why might one slave be worth more than another?

a)

Younger

b)

Healthier

c)

Skilled

d)

All of the above

13.

Passive, day to day, resistance to slavery would've included the following EXCEPT:

a)

Refusing to work

b)

Acting injured

c)

Leading an uprising against slave owners

d)

Pretending not to understand a task

14.

For what reasons would a slave be flogged (whipped/beaten)?

a)

Not working hard/fast enough

b)

Trying to escape

c)

Refusing to work

d)

Simply because his/her master felt like it

15.

People who took action to end/get rid of slavery were known as...

a)

Overseers

b)

Abolitionists

c)

Canadians

d)

Christians

16.

Which of the following was NOT true about the Underground Railroad?

a)

It was a network of people/hideouts to help slaves escape to freedom.

b)

Conductors would risk their lives to help people escape slavery.

c)

Bounty hunters would try to track down escaped slaves.

d)

Most who were enslaved would escape freedom.

17.

This law forced northerners to return runaway slaves & punished those who helped them.

a)

The Mason-Dixon Act

b)

The Runaway Law

c)

The Missouri Compromise

d)

The Fugitive Slave Act

18.

After the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850, where was the only safe place for a slave to live?

a)

Northern free states

b)

Canada

c)

Cuba

d)

Western territory

19.

What was the most significant cause of slavery discussed in class and why it existed as long as it did?

a)

Profit from selling cash crops and slaves

b)

Religious justification for slavery

c)

Racism of Europeans toward Africans

d)

Labor for plantation agriculture