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L8 Slavery In The Americas / L9 Colonial America TCI Test Review

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A public sale where people who were enslaved were sold to the highest bidder is called a(n) _____________.

a)

auction

b)

overseer

c)

enslaver

d)

Middle Passage

2.

The ________________ is the exchange of goods and enslaved people between Europe, the Americas, and West Africa.

a)

auction

b)

overseer

c)

triangular trade

d)

Middle Passage

3.

A(n) _________________ was a person who was in charge of the work of enslaved people and who could punish them for disobeying him.

a)

auction

b)

overseer

c)

triangular trade

d)

Middle Passage

4.

The _________________ is the voyage of ships carrying people who had been enslaved across the Atlantic Ocean.

a)

auction

b)

overseer

c)

triangular trade

d)

Middle Passage

5.

Which of these was true of most West Africans in the 1500s?

a)

They ALL spoke the same language.

b)

They were long-distance traders.

c)

They ALL were captured and enslaved.

d)

They valued family and ancestors.

6.

What did Europeans offer to trade to the people of West Africa?

a)

guns

b)

popsicles

c)

pickles

d)

all of these

7.

What choice did West Africans make about enslaving and trading people?

a)

All of these are correct.

b)

West Africans traded people who were already enslaved.

c)

West Africans refused to take part in this trade.

d)

West Africans tried to find enslaved people outside their nations.

8.

Where were most people enslaved in the West Indies and British North America forced to work?

a)

grain and textile mills

b)

sugar and tobacco plantations

c)

Uccello's

d)

McDonalds

9.

On ships in the Middle Passage, people who were enslaved

a)

played a ton of games on their iPhones.

b)

were able to move freely.

c)

developed many serious illnesses.

d)

had a lot of living space.

10.

When Africans who had been captured and enslaved arrived in the American colonies, they were first

a)

taught English so they could follow orders.

b)

given a full medical examination.

c)

reunited with family members.

d)

sold at scrambles or auctions.

11.

What was an overseer’s main job?

a)

to always smile, no matter what

b)

to teach people who were enslaved to use tools

c)

to supervise the work of people who were enslaved

d)

to evaluate the price of people who were being sold

12.

How did people resist enslavement?

a)

They broke tools.

b)

They pretended not to understand English.

c)

They claimed to be sick or hurt.

d)

All of these are correct.

13.

What type of work might a person who was enslaved be forced to do?

a)

field work

b)

all of these choices are correct

c)

house work

d)

carpentry

14.

What is the name for the pattern of trade routes shown on the map?

a)

Chutes & Ladders

b)

Follow The Leader

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

Dodge Ball

15.

European traders exchanged goods, such as ________, for __________ who had been enslaved in West Africa. Then the traders sold the Africans in the Americas (West Indies) and bought products such as sugar. They traded these in New England for items such as tobacco and rum. The traders took these products to Europe. Then they returned to West Africa.

a)

baseball cards, marbles

b)

guns, people

c)

candy, healthy snacks

d)

vBucks, Bitcoin

16.

What color lines show the portion of triangular trade known as the Middle Passage.

a)

purple

b)

green

c)

orange

d)

yellow

17.

Juba this and juba _________,

And juba killed a yellow ______,

a)

flat, gnat

b)

sat, rat

c)

fat, bat

d)

that, cat

18.

And get over double trouble, juba,

Ah, ah, ________,

a)

juba

b)

I want to learn how to play the tuba

c)

I want to eat some junk fooda

d)

I'm in a great mooda

19.

You sift-a the meal,

And you give me the husk,

You cook-a the bread,

You give me the _______.

a)

for me eating lots of sugar is a must

b)

crust

c)

in 2 plus 2 = 4, the 2's just got plust:)

20.

We fry the meat,

You give me the _______,

Juba this and juba that,

Juba killed a yellow cat

a)

best part

b)

wish bone

c)

skin

d)

gravy

21.

People often went to Raleigh Tavern to discuss __________ or the activities of the government.

a)

bill

b)

capitol

c)

craftsman

d)

politics

22.

The __________ is the government building where lawmakers meet.

a)

bill

b)

capitol

c)

craftsman

d)

politics

23.

A(n) ________________ is controlled by a king or queen.

a)

royal colony

b)

capitol

c)

craftsman

d)

politics

24.

A draft of an idea that may become a law is called a ____________.

a)

bill

b)

capitol

c)

craftsman

d)

politics

25.

A(n) ______________ is a person who works at a job that requires manual or artistic skill.

a)

bill

b)

capitol

c)

craftsman

d)

politics

26.

Which of these best describes colonial Williamsburg?

a)

far from the capital of Virginia

b)

center of education and culture

c)

wealthy all-white community

d)

closed to outside visitors

27.

What happened at the capitol building?

a)

Lawmakers met there.

b)

Men and women voted there.

c)

The governor lived there.

d)

The king visited there.

28.

Where did some girls in Williamsburg learn to read?

a)

dame schools

b)

classes run by a minister

c)

College of William & Mary

d)

schools to train Anglican priests

29.

In which of these buildings might a craftsman be most likely to teach apprentices a trade?

a)

Governor's Palace

b)

Living Quarters

c)

Shoemaker's Shop

d)

Bruton Parish Church

30.

Why did colonial leaders go to the Raleigh Tavern?

a)

to visit their families

b)

to discuss business and politics

c)

to hear inspiring sermons

d)

to make laws for the colony

31.

When leaders of Virginia discussed politics, what were they talking about?

a)

agriculture

b)

sports

c)

family

d)

government

32.

Who chose the governor of the royal colony of Virginia?

a)

the king

b)

me:)

c)

the voters

d)

the lawmakers

33.

What was the official religion of Virginia?

a)

Anglican

b)

Baptist

c)

Catholic

d)

Puritan

34.

When somebody is an apprentice, what are two things their master will teach them?

a)

to be a tailor and to read/write

b)

how to always be right

c)

how to fight and how to bite

d)

how to text all of his friends

35.

When will an apprentice finish their time as an apprentice?

a)

at age 21

b)

the day before today

c)

the day after yesterday

d)

in the month of May

36.

What does an apprentice most likely do after their apprenticeship?

a)

Leave Williamsburg and go south to Florida to look for the Fountain of Youth

b)

Go to dental school

c)

Cry because they misses being an apprentice

d)

Become a journeyman tailor; open a tailor shop of their own. By that time, they will have learned how to make and mend clothes.

37.

What is the most likely reason an apprentice would need their parent’s permission to be an apprentice?

a)

All they want to do, is have some fun!

b)

They are still a child when they begin their time as an apprentice

c)

Momma knows best (quote from tangled)

d)

They spend a lot of time getting in trouble in the principal's office

38.

Who do you like more, MSU, Michigan, or a different team?

a)

MSU

b)

Michigan

c)

Other Team

d)

I Don't Really Care