AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY
Ms .Litza
NAME _________________________________________________________________
Chapter 2 Test Review Sheet
The Atlantic Slave Trade
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____
1. What was the primary use for slaves in most societies?
a. to serve as warriors
c. to settle conquered territories
b. to perform manual labor
d. to work as government officials
____
2. How did most people become slaves in ancient times?
a. They were enslaved because of their race.
b. They failed to pay their taxes.
c. They were prisoners of war.
d. They had refused to perform military service.
____
3. Members of which religious group began trading in African slaves in the 600s?
a. Muslims
c. Buddhists
b. Christians
d. Hindus
____
4. What is manumission?
a. the capturing of slaves
b. the punishment of slaves
c. the freeing of slaves
d. the upkeep of slaves
____
5. How did the Portuguese initially acquire African slaves?
a. by purchasing them from Arab merchants
b. by exchanging prisoners or war with local rulers
c. by offering Africans the opportunity to travel to Europe
d. by raiding African villages
____
6. Why did the European trade in African slaves remain small in the 1400s?
a. African rulers negotiated treaties limiting the slave trade.
b. Europe did not need large numbers of manual laborers.
c. Most Europeans believed slavery was immoral
d. Europeans were not sure about the location of Africa.
____
7. How did the development of plantations lead to increased demand for slaves?
a. Africans had extensive experience in managing plantations.
b. Plantations produced large amounts of food that slaves could consume.
c. Plantations were located in the Americas.
d. Plantations required enormous amounts of labor.
____
8. Why did Europeans turn to African slaves rather than Native Americans to work on their plantations?
a. The Native American population was declining rapidly.
b. Native Americans demanded wages in return for their labor.
c. African slaves were more skilled than Native Americans.
d. Native Americans had no experience farming.
____
9. Which European nation was NOT heavily involved in the slave trade?
a. Portugal
c. Greece
b. Great Britain
d. Spain
____ 10. What goods did Europeans trade for slaves in Africa in the triangular trade system?
a. American Indian slaves
b. manufactured goods such as guns and alcohol
c. raw materials such as sugar and lumber
d. Asian luxury items
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY
Ms .Litza
NAME _________________________________________________________________
____ 11. What was the Middle Passage?
a. the route by which slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas
b. a road across the Sahara
c. a route along the African coast to the Indian Ocean
d. the largest slave trading ship ever built
____ 12. From what region were the vast majority of slaves shipped to the Americas?
a. northern Africa
c. West Africa
b. southern Europe
d. East Africa
____ 13. Which captured slave wrote a famous narrative about his capture and life?
a. Jean Baptist Point du Sable
c. Bartholomé de las Casas
b. Estevanico
d. Olaudah Equiano
____ 14. Why did so many people die on the Middle Passage?
a. successful rebellions on board ship took many lives
b. overloaded ships often sank
c. disease and malnutrition were common
d. slave traders usually purchased unhealthy individuals
____ 15. How many Africans were shipped to the Americas as slaves?
a. fewer than 1 million
c. 100 to 200 million
b. 10 to 12 million
d. nearly 1 billion
____ 16. How did the slave trade affect Africa’s population?
a. Increased trade raised the standard of living for most Africans.
b. Reduced population and frequent warfare destroyed entire communities.
c. New foods led to better health and nutrition.
d. Economic opportunities led to a mass migration into cities.
____ 17. What was one effect of the expansion of slavery in the Americas?
a. It led to increased warfare.
b. The economy collapsed.
c. African culture spread through the region.
d. Population declined.
____ 18. What cash crops did slaves produce on plantations in the Caribbean?
a. corn, squash, and beans
c. pineapples, coconuts, and oranges
b. tobacco, sugar, and cotton
d. wheat, barley, and rye
____ 19. How did Maroons resist slavery?
a. They ran away and formed communities.
b. They refused to work until they received higher wages.
c. They used violence against their masters.
d. They sent letters to government officials asking for their freedom.
____ 20. What economic activities led to an increase in the number of slaves in Brazil?
a. reduced demand for tobacco and cotton
b. the growing demand for soldiers
c. the need for workers in factories
d. the rise of sugar plantations and the discovery of gold
____ 21. Which African slave was one of the first people to cross the southwestern United States?
a. Estevanico
c. Jean Baptist Point du Sable
b. Olaudah Equiano
d. Ottabah Cugoano
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY
Ms .Litza
NAME _________________________________________________________________
____ 22. Why did British colonists gradually abandon the use of indentured servants?
a. Indentured servants were temporary workers who constantly had to be replaced.
b. It was too expensive to transport indentured servants from Europe.
c. Indentured servants demanded high wages.
d. Indentured servants lacked the skills necessary to labor on plantations.
____ 23. How did colonial governments respond to the growing number of slaves in the North American
colonies?
____ 24. How did Jean Baptist Point du Sable contribute to the settlement of the Americas?
a. His company imported thousands of slaves from Africa.
b. He founded the first permanent settlement near what is now Chicago.
c. He accompanied a Spanish expedition that explored the American southwest.
d. He established large plantations in Florida.
____ 25. How did Africans affect religious practices in the New World?
Vocabulary
a. Maroons
c. Plantations
d. Slaver
b. Overseers
e. manual labor
the work of slaves on plantations
a. Brazil and the Caribbean
d. Cuba
b. British North American colonies
e. South Carolina
c. St. Domingue
destination of most slaves on the Middle Passage
True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
T____
F
T
F
34. A slave revolt led to the end of slavery on the Caribbean island of Saint-Domingue.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY
Ms .Litza
NAME _________________________________________________________________
35. Only white laborers worked as indentured servants in the British colonies.
36. The African diaspora led to the spread of African culture throughout the Americas and the world.
37. The majority of African slaves were shipped to Brazil and the Caribbean.
38. The triangular trade moved goods and slaves between Africa, Australia, and the Americas.
39. The act of freeing a slave is known as manumission.
40. Ancient slavery was based exclusively on race.
____ 41. A decline in the number of available European workers led to an expansion of the slave trade in Virginia
in the late 1600s.
Short Answer
Select 3 of the following questions and record your answers in the space provided. Describe, and use specific examples from
class.
42. How did Muslims traders promote the expansion of African slavery?
43. How did the European colonization of the Americas affect the slave trade?
44. What goods were shipped on the triangular trade route?
45. What conditions did the slaves live in while making the Middle Passage?
46. What are cash crops, and why did their production expand the slave trade?
47. How did indentured servants differ from slaves?