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Imperialism/Middle Passage

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

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.

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

3.

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.

4.

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

a)

Loose packing

b)

tight packing

5.

Slaves in North America mostly came from which continent?

a)

South America

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

6.

Stronger nations taking over weak nations..

a)

Nationalism

b)

Industrialism

c)

Imperialism

d)

WWI

7.

Choose the following that are known for being motives for Imperialism

a)

Political/Military

b)

Economic

c)

Religious freedom

d)

Humanitarian

8.

Which of the following could be a major cause for Imperialism in Europe?

a)

Many nations wanted to go to war with one another

b)

Religious freedom was needed in the un-claimed countries

c)

Natural resources and more room for industries was needed

d)

Land was cheaper in the weaker nations, which was needed for power

9.

A Country/territory governed internally by a foreign power

a)

Colony

b)

Protectorate

c)

Sphere of Influence

d)

Economic Imperialism

10.
Which of the following is a main player for imperialism?
a)
China
b)
India
c)
Africa
d)
Great Britain
11.
What happened to Congolese who did not gather enough Rubber to satisfy the Belgians?
a)
sent to jail
b)
sent to Belgium
c)
hands were cut off
d)
fett cut off
12.
Which is NOT one way to determine which version of a story is true?
a)
proponderance of evidence
b)
eyewitnes acount
c)
detecting bias
d)
guessing
13.
 Imperialism was brought on as a result of 
a)
Democratic Revolutions 
b)
World War I 
c)
Industrialization 
d)
The Renaissance 
14.

All of the following were technological developments that aided imperialism EXCEPT:

a)

steel

b)

canals

c)

telegraph

d)

aircraft

15.
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
16.
The area of the Congo was colonized by: 
a)
France
b)
Belgium
c)
the Netherlands
d)
United States
17.
Which European nation colonized India?  
a)
France
b)
Russia
c)
England 
d)
United States
18.

Analogy: what is England's colonial expansion being compared to in this cartoon?

a)

a spider

b)

an octopus

c)

a crab

d)

a red head

19.

What historical event is this cartoon about?

a)

The Cake Afrique of 1884-85

b)

The Berlin Cake Cutting of 1884-85

c)

The Big Scramble of 1884-85

d)

The Berlin Conference of 1884-85

20.

Representatives (people to speak for their country) were clearly missing from what location of the world?

a)

Germany

b)

Africa

c)

Britain

d)

France