Vocab
The _____________ is the exchange of good and enslaved people between Europe, the Americas, and West Africa.
a. Middle Passage
b. triangular trade
c. auction
b. triangular trade
Where were most people enslaved in the West Indies and British North America forced to work?
a. gold and silver mines
b. household kitchens
c. sugar and tobacco plantations
c. sugar and tobacco plantations
Which of these was true of most West Africans in the 1500s?
a. they spoke the same language
b. they valued family and ancestors
c. they were captured and enslaved
b. they valued family and ancestors
How did people resist enslavement?
a. they broke tools
b. they pretended not to understand English
c. they claimed to be sick or hurt
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
A public sale where people who were enslaved were sold to the highest bidder is called a(n)__________
a. Middle passage
b. overseer
c. auction
c. auction
What was an overseer's main job?
a. to evaluate the price of people who were enslaved
b. to supervise the work of people who were enslaved
c. to teach people who were enslaved to use tools
b. to supervise the work of people who were enslaved
What did Europeans offer to trade to people of West Africa?
a. guns
b. overseers
c. lumber
a. guns
On ships in the Middle Passage, people who were enslaved
a. had a lot of living space
b. were able to move freely
c. developed many serious illnesses
c. developed many serious illnesses
A(n) ________ was a person who was in charge of the work of enslaved people and who could punish them for disobeying him.
a. overseer
b. enslaver
c. auction
a. overseer
What type of work might a person who was enslaved be forced to do?
a. field work
b. cooking
c. carpentry
d. All of the above
d. all of the above
What choice did West Africans make about enslaving and trading people?
a. West Africans refused to take part in this trade
b. West Africans traded people who were already enslaved
c. all of the above
c. all of the above
When Africans who had been captured and enslaved arrived in the American colonies, they were first
a. reunited with family members
b. sold at auctions or scrambles
c. given a full medical examination
b. sold at auctions or scrambles