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The Atlantic Slave Trade

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Almost all of the slaves who came to the Americas were captured from _____.

a)

England

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

France

2.

Slaves were put on _______ and brought across the Atlantic to the European colonies in the Americas.

a)

trains

b)

ships

c)

planes

d)

wagons

3.

When they got to the colonies, slaves often worked on large farms called ______ where they grew one profitable crop.

a)

plantations

b)

villages

4.
Capturing, transporting, and selling people is called the 
a)
slave auction
b)
overseer
c)
slave trade
d)
Middle Passage
5.

The _____ is the voyage of slave ships across the Atlantic Ocean

a)

Triangular trade

b)

Middle Passage

c)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

6.

Where were most slaves in the Caribbean and North American put to work?

a)

Gold and silver mines

b)

farms and sugar plantations

c)

grain mills

7.

Why were Africans forced to work in the Americas?

a)

To spread Christianity

b)

The Atlantic Slave Trade:

c)

To share riches and wealth with them

8.

RACISM is

a)

The belief that one race is superior to another.

b)

Easily seen or understood.

c)

Not active.

d)

The social separation of groups of people especially by race.

9.

SEGREGATION is

a)

Unequal treatment based on a person's race

b)

separation of groups of people, especially by race.

c)

The feeling of being weighed down or held back by an unfair force

10.

Most slaves in history have been taken from this continent:

a)

Europe

b)

North America

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

11.

Europeans were the only people who took Africans as slaves.

a)

Yes

b)

No

12.

What would be the biggest threat to the slaves' lives onboard the ship?

a)

Disease

b)

Violence

c)

Drowning

d)

Starvation

13.

________ were forced onto ships and brought to the Americas to work.

a)

Enslaved Africans

b)

Indentured Servants

c)

Middle Passages

14.

One key reason Europeans enslaved Africans was that Europeans

a)

wanted slaves to help build their estates in Europe.

b)

wanted large numbers of workers for their plantations in the Americas.

c)

wanted to sell slaves to other African kingdoms.

15.

Which of the following did not occur on slave ships?

a)

Enslaved Africans were allowed little exercise.

b)

Enslaved Africans were often packed so closely together that they could barely move.

c)

The heat and foul smell inside the ship were terrible.

d)

Enslaved Africans who got sick saw a doctor immediately.

16.

Most enslaved Africans didn't get sick on slave ships, and very few died during the trip.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

What were the crops grown in the Europeans' colonies that demanded African slave work?

a)

sugar cane, cotton, tobacco

b)

syrup, cotton, corn

18.

African kings collected ________ and sold them to the European slave traders.

a)

criminals, debtors, prisoners of war

b)

Europeans

c)

cannibals

19.

On a slave ship, why were the men made to perform dances?

a)

for exercise and prevent rebellion

b)

to keep them happy to prevent fighting back

c)

to practice working as one

20.

According to the graph, where were most African slaves brought to in the New World?

a)

Danish Caribbean

b)

Brazil

c)

North America

21.
Which phrase accurately describes the conditions aboard the slave ship?
a)
Luxurious 
b)
Accommodating
c)
Spacious 
d)
Dark and Claustrophobic 
22.

How did slavery begin in Africa?

a)

People were promised a better life (lied to) and they signed up

b)

The kings sold them to the Europeans

c)

They volunteered to go to save their other family members

23.

What did the slave ship captains do to show proof of purchase?

a)

cut off the slaves' ear

b)

branded them

c)

cut off their foot

d)

tied them up in chains

24.

How did the Atlantic Slave Trade effect Africa's future?

a)

Africa's economy was damaged

b)

Africa's villages ceased to exist

c)

Africa's population increased

25.

How did Europeans justify taking Africans into slavery?

a)

They claimed that Africans were biologically inferior

b)

They claimed that Africans were biologically superior

c)

They claimed Africans were vegetarians

26.

The buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas was called the ___.

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Triangular Trade

c)

Atlantic Slave Trade

27.

What group of people often captured slaves in Africa for sale/trade to other continents?

a)

Other Africans

b)

the Chinese

c)

the Mongols

28.

How were the Europeans able to get slaves in Africa?

a)

by trading iron and weapons with African tribal leaders

b)

by trading gold and silver with Africans

c)

by trading plantation products with African farmers

29.

How did many African tribal leaders profit by participating in the European slave trade?

a)

by beginning resistance movements against Europeans

b)

by traveling to the Americas to start plantations

c)

by selling other Africans captured during wars

30.

In addition to increased tribal warfare, how did the Europeans affect Africa during the slave trade?

a)

plantations built

b)

population decreased

c)

isolationism increased

d)

established settler colonies

31.

How did the European slave trade affect Africa socially?

a)

African tribes began converting to Judaism.

b)

African education systems became widespread.

c)

African families and communities were split apart.

32.

Why were Europeans trading weapons and other goods in Africa?

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

33.

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

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.

34.

What continents did the Atlantic Slave Trade involve?

a)

North America, South America, and Brazil

b)

North America, South America, Europe, and Africa

c)

North America, Europe, and Africa

35.
The impact of the Atlantic Slave Trade not just affected the slaves but also...
a)
the economies and history of the world
b)
the amount sugar sold 
c)
the amount of slaves sold
d)
the amount of slaves killed
36.
What did the Africans believe would happen if they committed suicide or starved themselves?
a)
Their souls would go to heaven
b)
Their souls would return home to Africa
c)
Their souls would be at peace.
37.

The Atlantic Slave Trade was _______.

a)

an injustice

b)

justified

c)

necessary

38.

Why did some slaves on the slave ships think their captors were cannibals

a)

because the ships kept coming back for more slaves, and the ships were empty when they arrived

b)

because the slaves actually witnessed the European slave captors eating the African people

39.

When people refer to "THE AMERICAS" what do they mean?

a)

United States only

b)

North America only

c)

North America and South America

d)

the islands of the Caribbean only

40.

The last several days and weeks, we have been learning about what continent?

(a)