Vocabulary
Choose the correct definition of manufactured goods
A products that are created or made in another country
B products that are used to make other products
C products that are created or processed in some way
D products that are natural or unprocessed in some way
C. Products that are created or processed in some way.
How long did the Transatlantic Slave Trade exist?
Roughly 200 years.
Which people group was first captured and enslaved by European people in North America?
Native Americans
After running away, where did some enslaved African people find shelter and support?
In Native American tribes
What are TWO ways enslaved people resisted the dehumanizing treatment of slavery?
Answers may vary: running away, organizing rebellions, breaking or stealing tools, working slowly, faking illness
Choose the correct definition of assimilate.
A to change the culture of a population or group
B to spread the culture of a population or group
C to integrate or be absorbed into the culture of a population or group
D to reject the culture of a population or group
C. To integrate or be absorbed into the culture of a population or group.
Which three continents created a three-way trade of natural resources, enslaved African people, and manufactured goods?
Europe, Africa, The Americas (North, South or Both acceptable)
What are two things enslaving people helped North American settlers to do?
Answers may vary: gain more land, gain strong laborers, gain laborers who know how to grow plants in the soil and climate of North America
What helped enslaved African people stay strong despite the brutality and suffering they endured in the Americas?
Maintaining their culture
Why did colonists stop enslaving Native Americans?
A The colonists’ plantations failed.
B The colonists realized it was wrong.
C This group of enslaved people were dying from disease.
D This group of enslaved people did not have experience farming.
C. This group of enslaved people were dying from disease.
Choose the correct definition of slave trade.
A the goods and services sold to enslaved people
B the goods and services used by enslaved people
C the freeing of human beings that had been held as slaves
D the capturing, transporting, selling, and buying of human beings as slaves
D. The capturing, transporting, selling, and buying of human beings as slaves.
What are three goods that were sent from North America to Europe in the triangular trade?
Answers may vary: whale oil, lumber, furs, rice, silk, indigo, tobacco, sugar, molasses
What two cash crops led to the development of large farms and plantations in North America?
tobacco and sugarcane
Who was the main group of people that colonists were enslaving?
Which statement best describes the experience of enslaved African people on the Middle Passage?
A Enslaved Africans were only allowed to stay above deck.
B Enslaved Africans were treated fairly on the Middle Passage.
C Enslaved Africans often lacked clean or healthy living conditions.
D Enslaved Africans often did not have enough food to survive the trip.
Cultural Group: people who share many of the same __________ such as beliefs, traditions, food, clothing, or language
A pledges
B symbols
C characteristics
D customs
D. Customs
What is the Middle Passage?
The Middle Passage is the second part of the triangular trade in which enslaved African people were sent from Africa to the Americas
In the Age of Exploration, how did European colonists view the indigenous peoples of Africa?
They thought they were inferior and uncivilized
What country led to the introduction of slave labor in Louisiana?
France
Who were the first Europeans involved in the Atlantic slave trade?
a) Dutch
b) English
c) Spanish
d) Portuguese
D. Portuguese
Define the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
Answers may vary.
With which countries was there significant competition in the slave trade?
England, France, the Americas, Portugal
What are “slave codes?”
Slave codes are laws or codes that supported race-based slavery and took away rights and protections for African Americans, both enslaved and free.
Why did enslaved Africans have little space for themselves while traveling on the ship that Equiano describes?
a) The ship was packed tightly with other slaves.
b) Slaves were not allowed to breathe fresh air.
c) The odors on the ship were terrible.
d) It was extremely hot on the ship.
A. The ship was tightly packed with other slaves.
According to Equiano, what was it like on a slave ship?
Answers may vary.