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Middle Passage Colonization of Africa

Total questions: 1

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date

1-10.

Answer the questions below after watching the video

1.

How long did the Trans-Atlantic slave trade last?

a)

Nearly 200 years

b)

Nearly 400 years

c)

Over 500 years

d)

Less than 100 years

2.

What was the Middle Passage?

a)

The return journey from the Americas to Europe

b)

The journey from Africa to Europe

c)

The journey from Europe to the Americas

d)

The second leg of the triangular trade from Africa to the Americas

3.

What was the estimated death toll during the Middle Passage?

a)

Nearly 3 million

b)

About 500,000

c)

Around 1 million

d)

Approximately 2 million

4.

What percentage of captured Africans were brought directly to the U.S.?

a)

Around 15%

b)

About 5%

c)

Over 50%

d)

Nearly 25%

5.

Which region received the largest proportion of enslaved Africans?

a)

The United States

b)

Brazil

c)

The Caribbean

d)

South America

6.

How did some enslaved Africans resist their captors on ships?

a)

By attempting to navigate the ship back to Africa

b)

By refusing to eat or jumping overboard

c)

By forming alliances with other captives

d)

By learning the captors' language

7.

What was the role of the Royal African Company?

a)

It was a charity organization

b)

It abolished the slave trade

c)

It maintained a monopoly on English trade to Africa

d)

It was an African resistance movement

8.

How many enslaved people were brought to South Carolina between 1803 and 1808?

a)

Over 10,000

b)

Over 35,000

c)

Over 50,000

d)

Over 20,000

9.

When did the federal government of the United States end the international slave trade?

a)

In 1808

b)

In 1787

c)

In 1833

d)

In 1807

10.

Which country was the last in the Western world to abolish slavery?

a)

Spain

b)

Brazil

c)

Britain

d)

The United States