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WorksheetsChapter 3 Review: Black People in Colonial America
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
How many people of African descent were living in the English colony of Jamestown in 1619?
5
32
15
17
Jamestown is located in which of the 13 colonies?
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
Carolina
During the early years of the Chesapeake colonies, black people represented a small part of the labor force, which was primarily made up of white indentured servitude
True
False
Many of the indentured servants in the Chesapeake region die from what? (choose all the correct options)
Sadness
Homesickness
Overwork
Disease
What is the main cash crop of the British colonies?
Rice
Indigo
Wheat
Tobacco
About how many slaves arrived in the tobacco colonies between 1700-1770?
35
1,000
80,000
40,000
What colonies make up the low-country slavery regions?
Maryland
Carolina
Georgia
Pennsylvania
What becomes the major cash crop in the Carolinas and Georgia?
Indigo
Cotton
Wheat
Rice
Between 1706 and 1776, over 94,000 Africans arrive in the port of Charleston, making it the leading port of entry for Africans during the 18th century
True
False
Why did slave owners in the low country regions purchase slaves directly from Africa to work in their fields?
They knew they were hard workers
They did not want them to go through the seasoning process
Rice had been growing in W. Africa for thousands of years and many Africans had the skills to cultivate it in America
None of the above
True or False: there was no distinction between enslaved men's and women's style of clothing
True
False
In the low country region, ______________ became an important part of African American diets
Yams
Corn
Wheat
Rice
What does the term miscegenation mean?
Individuals of mixed African and European ancestry
The process of cultural exchanges that led African parents to produce African American children
Interracial sexual contact
The modification of a culture as the result of contact with another culture
What are the reasons why black slavery was less extensive in the colonial North? (choose all that apply)
A cooler climate
Sufficient number of white laborers
Lack of a stable cash crop
Diversified economy
Which is one reason why northern slaves had fewer opportunities to preserve their African heritage?
They were consistently around people of African descent
Close association with their masters
There were a large number of slaves living in the northern colonies
None of the above
In the regions of Spanish Florida and French Louisiana, what is the main religion that is practiced
Protestantism
Judaism
Roman Catholicism
Methodism
True or False: many Africans who were living in Florida and Louisiana were needed as militiamen rather than field workers
True
False
What was the approximate percentage of southern black women working in the fields during the 17th and 18th centuries?
50%
10%
90%
0%
True or False: black women only worked in the fields. They did not partake in any other work around their master's home
True
False
What were some of the ways that slaves would resist against their masters?
