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Slave Trade Test Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happened in the year 1833?

a)

Slavery became illegal in the U.S.

b)

Slavery became illegal in England.

c)

Slavery became illegal in Brazil.

d)

Slavery became illegal in Africa.

2.

When was the Emancipation Proclamation passed?

a)

1860

b)

1865

c)

1863

d)

1868

3.

Which Amendment in the Constitution made slavery illegal?

a)

The 20th Amendment

b)

The 27th Amendment

c)

The 10th Amendment

d)

The 13th Amendment

4.

What was the goal of the Abolition Movement?

a)

To make slavery and the slave trade illegal.

b)

To punish all plantation owners.

c)

To put all slave ship captains in prison.

d)

To pay back Africa for taking its people.

5.

Which years were the height of the slave trade?

a)

1700s

b)

1600s

c)

1800s

d)

1500s

6.

Which country was NOT part of the slave trade?

a)

England

b)

Germany

c)

Portugal

d)

France

7.

What was the first step in the Triangular Trade System?

a)

Europeans bring weapons to Africa.

b)

Crops grown by slaves are taken to Europe.

c)

Africans are taken to the Americas.

d)

Weapons are brought from Africa to Europe.

8.

What was the Middle Passage?

a)

The journey from Africa to the Americas.

b)

The journey from Europe to Africa.

c)

The journey across the Pacific Ocean.

d)

The journey across the Americas.

9.

When did the Slave Trade begin?

a)

1400s

b)

1500s

c)

1600s

d)

1700s

10.

Slaves grew crops on __________.

a)

Slave ships

b)

Colonies

c)

Plantations

11.

How many Africans were taken from their homes?

a)

12.5 million

b)

2.75 million

c)

10.25 million

d)

5 million

12.

What happened in 1619?

a)

The first slave ship arrived in America

b)

Portugal captured the first slaves.

c)

The first slave ship crossed the Middle Passage.

d)

The first weapons were brought from Europe to Africa.

13.

Where were most Africans taken to?

a)

Brazil and the Caribbean

b)

Europe

c)

The Southern United States

d)

South Africa

14.

What was the last step of the Triangular Trade system?

a)

Africans were taken to the Americas.

b)

Crops were taken from the Americas to Europe.

c)

Weapons were taken from Africa to Europe.

d)

Ships were sent to and sold in Europe.

15.

Who captured Africans for slavery?

a)

Americans

b)

Other Africans

c)

Europeans

d)

Brazilians