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WorksheetsIGH Reading Quiz 3
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which trade prompted major growth in the institution of slavery in the ninth century CE?
Sugar
Gold mining
Cowrie shells
Rice
Which religion forbade enslavement of co-religionists, meaning that conversion to it could result theoretically in emancipation?
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
Buddhism
Which of the following is true about enslavement in Africa? (3 answers)
Most enslaved people were women
Most enslaved people were men
Enslaved people could rise to positions of power
Slave ownership was a key expression of wealth and prestige
What is true about Islam and enslavement (3 answers)?
Spread of Islam facilitated the slave trade in Asia.
Enslaved people were considered as humans.
Enslaved people had no legal rights.
Enslavement for debt or criminal acts were banned.
How did the Qing dynasty in China move from enslavement to free peasant status in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
Official legislation
Social pressure
Religious texts
Revolution
Which of the following best defines the term “chattel slavery”?
Enslaved people retained basic human rights
Enslaved people served fixed, temporary sentences
Enslaved people belonged to communities as a whole
Enslaved people became the personal property of their owners
Which of the following are reasons why the sugar industry was so prolific in the Caribbean? (3 answers)
Sugar was a native species
Volcanic soil
Tropical climate
Availability of irrigating water
Approximately what proportion of enslaved Africans died in their first three years of arrival working in mines and on sugar plantations?
1/8
1/4
1/3
1/2
What is the best definition for the term “maroon”?
An escaped slave who was caught and returned to an enslaver
An escaped slave who belonged to an independent community
A born native of Suriname, Jamaica, or other resisting nationality
A result of mixed race relations
Which group was most responsible for the initial capture of African slaves?
Portuguese
Other Africans
British
Arabs
In what decade was the exportation of enslaved Africans at its height, numbering about 80,000 people per year?
(a)
What did former masters receive when their slaves were declared free in the colonies of France and Britain?
Financial compensation
Property
Tax breaks
Nothing
Which of the following can be considered “modern slavery” according to the International Labor Organization?
Forced marriage
Chattel slavery
Indentured labour
Overall, which continent produced the majority of people who were enslaved starting in the seventeenth century?
Africa
Asia
South America
Europe
