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Middle Passage

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the Middle Passage?
a)
Water Route Through North America
b)
European slave trade with India
c)
European Slave trade with North America
d)
European slave trade with the Americas
2.
Why were Africans captured and forced to work in the Americas?
a)
to share riches and wealth with them
b)
to provide more workers for the plantations
c)
to give them diseases
d)
to spread Christianity
3.
When slaves were loaded onto boats to be taken and sold, this part of the triangular trade route was called what?
a)
the American Passage
b)
the Middle Passage
c)
the Lower Passage
d)
the African Passage
4.

The middle passage was apart of what trading system

a)

Triangular Trade

b)

African Trade

c)

Square Trade

d)

Gold Mine Trade

5.

What happen to the slaves when they got to the markets?

a)

Traded or sold for goods

b)

Beaten

c)

Chained and Whipped

d)

Packed on ships

6.

The triangular Trade is best described as which of the following?

a)

Trade routes between African, Europe and the Americans during the Atlantic Slave trade.

b)

Trade routes over the silk route

c)

Trade routes between the new world and old world

d)

Trade routes that encompass the entire globe.

7.

Ships left Europe loaded with....

a)

Slaves

b)

Raw Goods

c)

Manufactured goods

d)

Tools

8.

Which of the following is NOT true about the Middle Passage.

a)

It was from Africa to the Americas

b)

The Journey took 5-12 weeks

c)

Disgusting conditions

d)

The individuals were given plenty of room and food.

9.

Captains took fewer slaves in hope to reduce sickness and death....this is called...

a)

Loose packing

b)

Tight packing

c)

Wrap packing

10.

Captains carried as many slaves as their ship could hold-> many died on voyage.

a)

Loose packing

b)

tight packing

11.

What happened when the ships arrived in the New World?

a)

Slaves were sold and then manufactured goods were bought.

b)

Slaves were sold at an auction and then they bought raw materials.

c)

The raw materials were traded for Slaves.

d)

Cotton, sugar, spices, rum and tobacco were bought.

12.
Slaves would be traded in the West Indies for what?
a)
sugar and molasses
b)
tobacco
c)
fish
d)
lumber
13.

What does slavery mean?

a)

The owning of people by other people

b)

Money received as pay

c)

Brought to America by force on ships

d)

how money is made

14.
What was the ship captain's MAIN goal?
a)
Pack ships full for more money
b)
Invest in quality food for slaves
c)
Navigating a direct route for a fast trip
d)
Having enough life boats in case of storms
15.
The COMPLETE definition of the Middle Passage is
a)
Trip from Africa to America
b)
Carried Slaves on Ship
c)
Part of the Triangular Trade
d)
All Answers are Correct
16.

Slaves in North America mostly came from which continent?

a)

South America

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

17.
Spanish soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas.
a)
conquistador
b)
indentured servant
c)
Quaker
d)
Plantation
18.

a large farm in the Southern colonies with enslaved people from Africa that grew tobacco, rice, and/or indigo.

a)

plantation

b)

staple crop

c)

Middle Passage

d)

immigrant

19.
transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe and the Americas.
a)
Columbian Exchange
b)
staple crop
c)
conquistador
d)
Northwest Passage
20.

The triangle trade was across the ______ ocean.

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic