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1.4 Study Guide - Test Prep

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(1.4) Enslaved African Americans played a significant role in the developing economy of Carolina. This was due to the colony’s economy being based/dependent on the ________________.

a)

Headright System

b)

Agricultural System

c)

Plantation System


d)

Mercantile laws

2.

(1.4) In the Carolina colony, why did it require so many enslaved people to cultivate the crops?

a)

The crops had to be shipped before they spoiled

b)

The crops were labor intensive

c)

The plantations were extremely large

d)

Transporting the crop harvest to port took many wagons and people

3.

(1.4) When the number of enslaved people outnumbered free whites (creating a population imbalance) and at the same time a rebellion occurred - - What effect did it have on the settlers in Carolina?

a)

It raised concerns about controlling the slave population

b)

It caused the Colony to increase the number of plantations

c)

It caused many settlers to begin protesting against slavery

d)

It caused many settlers to move to the Middle and Northern colomies

4.

(1.4) A small group of enslaved people wanted to escape to St. Augustine Florida, they organized a rebellion that became known as ______________.

a)

the Shay’s Rebellion

b)

the Denmark Vesey Revolt

c)

the Edisto Rebellion

d)

the Stono Rebellion

5.

(1.4) Due to the many settler’s deaths during the rebellion, the Colony developed _____________.

a)

strict immigration laws

b)

the enumerated list

c)

Slave Codes

d)

a small army for law enforcement

6.

(1.4) Gullah was a result of which of the following?

a)

When enslaved African’s music and rhythms arrived to Carolina, new styles of music and instruments emerged.

b)

When enslaved Africans on the Carolina sea islands brought together a mixture of many spoken languages combined with newly created words.

c)

When enslaved Africans began mixing their home country’s food recipes with that of the settlers, producing new types of prepared foods.

7.

(1.4) __________ was a shared culture of Africans in the sea islands off the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina.

a)

Gullah

b)

Renaissance

c)

Creole

d)

Geechee

8.

(1.4) Why did Indentured Servants become less and less dependable as a source for laborers?

a)

Fewer workers willing to accept a contract of indenture

b)

Fewer members of the wealthy elite were willing to pay for the ‘England-to-America’ passage for servants.

c)

More and more servants were breaking their contracts and escaping to other settlements

d)

Only wealthiest people could afford indentured servants

9.

(1.4) In addition to working on Rice Plantations, which of the following list correctly three other jobs enslaved people were assigned to do?

a)

Cattle Herding; Work the Navy Docks; Harvest Indigo

b)

Cattle Herding; Work Naval Stores; Harvest Walnut Bark

c)

Cattle Herding; Work the Naval Stores; Harvest Lumber

d)

Cattle Herding; Work the Navy Docks; Harvest Lumber

10.

(1.4) As South Carolinians, our current culture has been influenced by the West Africans who were enslaved by England during the 1600’s – Which of the following list six key aspects of cultural influences brought by Africans to the Carolina colony?

a)

language, education, music, woodcarving, clothing styles, and folk medicine

b)

language, dance, music, indigo farming, basket weaving, and folk medicine

c)

language, dance, music, woodcarving, basket weaving, and folk medicine

d)

language, cotton weaving, music, woodcarving, story telling, and folk medicine

11.

(1.4) During the Stono Rebellion, the enslaved Africans who were attempting to escape to Florida, communicated with other enslaved people on other plantations calling them to join the rebellion. How were they able to communicate with others on a different plantation?

a)

By using loud shouts

b)

By using trumpets

c)

By using smoke signals

d)

By using drums

12.

(1.4) Name the first locations that the article reveals as the first trading partners with the Carolina colony.

a)

Bahamas & Britain

b)

Barbados & France

c)

Bahamas & France

d)

Barbados & Britain

13.

(1.4) There were specific slave codes that: * prohibited enslaved people from gathering without white supervision, * prohibited enslaved people from carrying guns, * prohibited enslaved people from dressing in a way "above the condition of slaves", * created harsher punishments for disobeying the law, and * prohibited enslaved people from ______.

a)

learning to read and write

b)

working outside the plantation

c)

doing cultural dances

d)

speaking the language of their home country

14.

(1.4) The forced labor on plantations was done my three main groups of people. Which of the following is the group that became the “MAIN SOURCE” of forced laborers for the Southern colonies?

a)

Indentured Servants

b)

Enslaved Native American

c)

Enslaved Africans

d)

Enslaved German immigrants

15.

(1.4) In the 1.4 Overview questions, it was indicated that African rhythms were used by enslaved people to sustain their work and their spirit. In addition to drums, your resource gives another example of the use of these rhythms. Which of the following is the example that your resource gives?

a)

clapping cadences

b)

step cadences

c)

musical humming

d)

call and response songs

16.

(1.4) According to your 1.4 resource – When an enslaved African was set free in Carolina, how long did they have to leave the colony before being re-enslaved and sold at auction?

a)

1 month

b)

3 months

c)

6 months

d)

9 months

17.

(1.4) The development of cash crops and the “plantation system” caused a large-scale need for laborers in Carolina, which casued an overall increase in ___________________.

a)

the slave trade

b)

the number of Slave Codes in Carolina

c)

the production of tobacco in Carolina

d)

England’s power and wealth