Roles and Resistance
What was an overseer’s main job?
To supervise the work of people who were enslaved
What did Europeans offer to trade to the people of West Africa?
Guns
What is a public sale where enslaved people were sold?
Auction
Who is known as "Moses" for leading enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide
Why did some enslaved people pretend not to understand instructions?
It was a form of resistance.
What choice did West Africans make about the trade of enslaved people?
West Africans traded people who were already enslaved.
What is the exchange of goods and enslaved people between Europe, the Americas, and West Africa?
Triangular trade
What was the primary goal of the enslaved people involved in the Stono Rebellion?
To escape to Spanish Florida for freedom.
Who was the famous civil rights leader known for his "I Have a Dream" speech?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What type of work might an enslaved person be forced to do?
field work, cooking, carpentry
Where were most enslaved people in the West Indies and British North America put to work?
Sugar and tobacco plantations
Who was in charge of the work of enslaved people?
Overseer
What was the Amistad case primarily about?
The legal battle over the fate of enslaved Africans aboard the La Amistad ship who revolted against their captors.
Which desert is the largest in the world?
Sahara Desert
What was one way enslaved people coped with their ordeal?
They sang spirituals as they worked in the fields.
What did enslaved people on a ship in the Middle Passage experience?
Serious illness
What is the voyage of ships carrying enslaved people across the Atlantic Ocean called?
Middle Passage
What was the primary message of Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech?
She argued for the equality of women and the rights of Black women.
Which mammal is known to have the most powerful bite?
Hippopotamus
What did Frederick Douglass write about in his autobiography?
His experience on the Middle Passage.
When Africans arrived in the American colonies, what happened first?
They were sold at scrambles and auctions
What was true of most West Africans in the 1500s?
They were captured and enslaved.
What role did "stations" play in the Underground Railroad?
They served as safe houses where escaped enslaved people could rest and hide.
What is the boiling point of water in degrees Celsius?
100 degrees Celsius