Question 1

Which of the following statements about the Palmares rebellion in Alagoas,Brazil,is LEAST accurate?

Accepted Answer

A) The insurgent slaves established their own republic which lasted for over sixty years. 
B) The insurgent slaves created community institutions based on the Portuguese ones prevalent throughout Brazil. 
C) The insurgent slaves managed to repulse,for a time,attacks from both Portuguese and Dutch armies. 
D) The leaders of the insurrection hurled themselves to their deaths when capture by Portuguese forces became inevitable. 
A) The insurgent slaves established their own republic which lasted for over sixty years. 
B) The insurgent slaves created community institutions based on the Portuguese ones prevalent throughout Brazil. 
C) The insurgent slaves managed to repulse,for a time,attacks from both Portuguese and Dutch armies. 
D) The leaders of the insurrection hurled themselves to their deaths when capture by Portuguese forces became inevitable. B

Question 2

Which of the following statements about pregnancy and childbearing in the Caribbean is LEAST accurate?

Accepted Answer

A) Masters expected pregnant slaves to work right up to the moment of childbirth. 
B) Masters treated pregnant slaves well because a healthy baby was a profitable investment. 
C) Masters rarely granted women more than a month to recuperate after having given birth. 
D) Masters sent mothers into the field with their infants on their backs and whipped the mothers if they paused to tend to the child's needs. 
A) Masters expected pregnant slaves to work right up to the moment of childbirth. 
B) Masters treated pregnant slaves well because a healthy baby was a profitable investment. 
C) Masters rarely granted women more than a month to recuperate after having given birth. 
D) Masters sent mothers into the field with their infants on their backs and whipped the mothers if they paused to tend to the child's needs. B

Question 3

What significant action did the English privateer John Hawkins perform in 1562?

Accepted Answer

A) He became the first person to introduce African slaves to an English colony in the Americas. 
B) He convinced the Spanish king to award him the asiento de negroes,the exclusive right to sell African slaves in the Spanish colonies. 
C) He introduced the sugar crop to the Caribbean,thereby creating an immensely profitable enterprise. 
D) He instigated a long-term English effort to smuggle African slaves into the colonies of Spanish America. 
A) He became the first person to introduce African slaves to an English colony in the Americas. 
B) He convinced the Spanish king to award him the asiento de negroes,the exclusive right to sell African slaves in the Spanish colonies. 
C) He introduced the sugar crop to the Caribbean,thereby creating an immensely profitable enterprise. 
D) He instigated a long-term English effort to smuggle African slaves into the colonies of Spanish America. D

Question 4

All of the following statements about Juan Garrido are true EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) he planted the first wheat crop in the Americas. 
B) he participated in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. 
C) he remained a slave his entire life despite his many achievements. 
D) he served for a time as a civil official in Spain's Mexican empire. 
A) he planted the first wheat crop in the Americas. 
B) he participated in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. 
C) he remained a slave his entire life despite his many achievements. 
D) he served for a time as a civil official in Spain's Mexican empire.

Question 5

Which of the following statements BEST describes Caribbean planters' attitudes toward punishing their slaves?

Accepted Answer

A) Although slave codes were harsh at first,they declined in severity as the black population grew to vastly outnumber the white population and masters grew to fear retaliation. 
B) Masters strove to find a delicate balance between maintaining discipline over their slaves without causing significant physical harm to them. 
C) Because masters could so easily procure new slaves,they felt little compunction against maintaining discipline through brutal measures. 
D) Although slave codes allowed planters to use harsh measures against insubordinate slaves,they also stipulated harsh punishments for masters who brutalized their slaves excessively or without good cause. 
A) Although slave codes were harsh at first,they declined in severity as the black population grew to vastly outnumber the white population and masters grew to fear retaliation. 
B) Masters strove to find a delicate balance between maintaining discipline over their slaves without causing significant physical harm to them. 
C) Because masters could so easily procure new slaves,they felt little compunction against maintaining discipline through brutal measures. 
D) Although slave codes allowed planters to use harsh measures against insubordinate slaves,they also stipulated harsh punishments for masters who brutalized their slaves excessively or without good cause.

Question 6

The term "middle passage" refers to

Accepted Answer

A) the journey which enslaved Africans made from the African interior to the African coast. 
B) the journey which enslaved Africans made from the African coast to the Americas. 
C) the journey which enslaved Africans made from the islands of the Caribbean to settlements in North America. 
D) the stop in English ports such as Liverpool which slavers made en route from the Americas to Africa. 
A) the journey which enslaved Africans made from the African interior to the African coast. 
B) the journey which enslaved Africans made from the African coast to the Americas. 
C) the journey which enslaved Africans made from the islands of the Caribbean to settlements in North America. 
D) the stop in English ports such as Liverpool which slavers made en route from the Americas to Africa.

Question 7

After waging a fifteen-year war on the island of Jamaica,what happened to the Maroons led by Colonel Cudjoe?

Accepted Answer

A) They received recognition of their right to live independently in their own towns. 
B) They were captured and brutally executed as a warning to other slaves. 
C) They were captured,re-enslaved,and sold to planters throughout the Caribbean. 
D) They forced their enemy to sail them to Africa where they established their own settlements. 
A) They received recognition of their right to live independently in their own towns. 
B) They were captured and brutally executed as a warning to other slaves. 
C) They were captured,re-enslaved,and sold to planters throughout the Caribbean. 
D) They forced their enemy to sail them to Africa where they established their own settlements.

Question 8

What were "slave factories" such as the one at Elmina?

Accepted Answer

A) markets in the Americas where newly-arrived slaves were auctioned off to planters 
B) trading posts in Africa where slaves were bought and sold 
C) early industrial centers where slaves produced manufactured goods in mass quantities 
D) any large-scale enterprise,such as sugar plantations,which relied primarily on slave labor 
A) markets in the Americas where newly-arrived slaves were auctioned off to planters 
B) trading posts in Africa where slaves were bought and sold 
C) early industrial centers where slaves produced manufactured goods in mass quantities 
D) any large-scale enterprise,such as sugar plantations,which relied primarily on slave labor

Question 9

The primary reason that European planters in the Americas came to rely on the labor of African slaves was that

Accepted Answer

A) Europeans regarded Africans as racially inferior to other races and viewed them as the only people fit for enslavement. 
B) Africans were generally more meek and docile than Native Americans,who refused to allow themselves to be enslaved. 
C) the importation of Old World diseases and the harsh labor demands of European conquistadores devastated the native populations of the Americas. 
D) unlike African societies,Native American societies were too well organized and sophisticated for Europeans to conquer until long after the discovery of the Americas. 
A) Europeans regarded Africans as racially inferior to other races and viewed them as the only people fit for enslavement. 
B) Africans were generally more meek and docile than Native Americans,who refused to allow themselves to be enslaved. 
C) the importation of Old World diseases and the harsh labor demands of European conquistadores devastated the native populations of the Americas. 
D) unlike African societies,Native American societies were too well organized and sophisticated for Europeans to conquer until long after the discovery of the Americas.

Question 10

Which of the following statements about slave ships is LEAST accurate?

Accepted Answer

A) Diseases such as smallpox and "the flux" frequently dealt mortal blows to both the cargoes and the crews of slave ships. 
B) Although countries such as Britain enacted legislation to limit the number of slaves which a given ship could carry,slavers often crammed their holds with as many slaves as they could in defiance of the law. 
C) The numbers of deaths on slave ships were high largely because slavers found it more profitable not to purchase fresh provisions or medicines before leaving the coast of Africa. 
D) The trade in slaves was so profitable that European traders could reasonably expect to earn as much as a 100% profit from an investment in a slave ship. 
A) Diseases such as smallpox and "the flux" frequently dealt mortal blows to both the cargoes and the crews of slave ships. 
B) Although countries such as Britain enacted legislation to limit the number of slaves which a given ship could carry,slavers often crammed their holds with as many slaves as they could in defiance of the law. 
C) The numbers of deaths on slave ships were high largely because slavers found it more profitable not to purchase fresh provisions or medicines before leaving the coast of Africa. 
D) The trade in slaves was so profitable that European traders could reasonably expect to earn as much as a 100% profit from an investment in a slave ship.

Question 11

Which of the following statements about Europeans' use of slave labor in the Americas is LEAST accurate?

Accepted Answer

A) Even before the discovery of the Americas,European planters had experience using African slaves to produce crops such as sugar. 
B) European settlers in the Americas intended from the beginning to use African slaves as their primary labor source. 
C) In some instances,European settlers adopted existing systems of Native American slavery to meet their labor needs. 
D) The use of enslaved laborers made the production of crops such as sugar an immensely profitable one for European planters. 
A) Even before the discovery of the Americas,European planters had experience using African slaves to produce crops such as sugar. 
B) European settlers in the Americas intended from the beginning to use African slaves as their primary labor source. 
C) In some instances,European settlers adopted existing systems of Native American slavery to meet their labor needs. 
D) The use of enslaved laborers made the production of crops such as sugar an immensely profitable one for European planters.

Question 12

What was a caboceer?

Accepted Answer

A) an African agent who acquired slaves for European traders at prearranged prices 
B) an African immigrant who lived in Europe and who spoke European languages and adopted European customs 
C) an African soldier who fought alongside European conquistadores in the New World 
D) an African overseer who maintained order in New World plantations for his European master 
A) an African agent who acquired slaves for European traders at prearranged prices 
B) an African immigrant who lived in Europe and who spoke European languages and adopted European customs 
C) an African soldier who fought alongside European conquistadores in the New World 
D) an African overseer who maintained order in New World plantations for his European master

Question 13

Which African explorer was known by Native Americans as "the Son of the Sun"?

Accepted Answer

A) Estevan 
B) Juan Garrido 
C) Jean Baptiste Point du Sable 
D) Quobna Ottobah Cugoano 
A) Estevan 
B) Juan Garrido 
C) Jean Baptiste Point du Sable 
D) Quobna Ottobah Cugoano

Question 14

Which of the following statements about African slavery in European countries during the sixteenth century is MOST accurate?

Accepted Answer

A) Although all European nations allowed slavery in their American colonies,they prohibited it within the borders of their homelands. 
B) By the end of the sixteenth century,African slaves had become a substantial portion of the agricultural labor force in continental Europe. 
C) The large numbers of landless white laborers prevented African slavery from becoming a substantial segment of continental Europe's labor force. 
D) Although a few African slaves lived and worked in Europe,there were never more than a few hundred of them in any given location. 
A) Although all European nations allowed slavery in their American colonies,they prohibited it within the borders of their homelands. 
B) By the end of the sixteenth century,African slaves had become a substantial portion of the agricultural labor force in continental Europe. 
C) The large numbers of landless white laborers prevented African slavery from becoming a substantial segment of continental Europe's labor force. 
D) Although a few African slaves lived and worked in Europe,there were never more than a few hundred of them in any given location.

Question 15

As one of only four survivors of Pánfilo de Narvaez's ill-fated expedition to Florida,the African explorer Estevan proved especially helpful because of his

Accepted Answer

A) military prowess. 
B) linguistic skills. 
C) self-sacrificing humility. 
D) physical strength. 
A) military prowess. 
B) linguistic skills. 
C) self-sacrificing humility. 
D) physical strength.

Question 16

Which profitable Caribbean island did England seize from Spain in 1655?

Accepted Answer

A) Barbados 
B) Guadeloupe 
C) Jamaica 
D) St.Eustatius 
A) Barbados 
B) Guadeloupe 
C) Jamaica 
D) St.Eustatius

Question 17

During which century did the largest influx of Africans to Mexico occur?

Accepted Answer

A) sixteenth 
B) seventeenth 
C) eighteenth 
D) nineteenth 
A) sixteenth 
B) seventeenth 
C) eighteenth 
D) nineteenth

Question 18

In Africa,European traders commonly acquired African slaves in return for all of the following items EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) brass utensils. 
B) cotton textiles. 
C) gold. 
D) pewter. 
A) brass utensils. 
B) cotton textiles. 
C) gold. 
D) pewter.

Question 19

Which single colony received the largest percentage of African slaves brought over to the New World?

Accepted Answer

A) Jamaica 
B) Mexico 
C) Cuba 
D) Brazil 
A) Jamaica 
B) Mexico 
C) Cuba 
D) Brazil

Question 20

What was the primary means by which European slave traders obtained African slaves?

Accepted Answer

A) They bartered for slaves from African slave traders. 
B) They launched raids on poorly defended African villages. 
C) They conquered large swaths of African territory and enslaved the people within their new colonies. 
D) They used their superior military technology to force African rulers to provide them with slaves from the rulers' own kingdoms. 
A) They bartered for slaves from African slave traders. 
B) They launched raids on poorly defended African villages. 
C) They conquered large swaths of African territory and enslaved the people within their new colonies. 
D) They used their superior military technology to force African rulers to provide them with slaves from the rulers' own kingdoms.

Exam 2: Africans in the Atlantic World

Which of the following statements about the Palmares rebellion in Alagoas,Brazil,is LEAST accurate?

Which of the following statements about pregnancy and childbearing in the Caribbean is LEAST accurate?

What significant action did the English privateer John Hawkins perform in 1562?

All of the following statements about Juan Garrido are true EXCEPT

Which of the following statements BEST describes Caribbean planters' attitudes toward punishing their slaves?

The term "middle passage" refers to

After waging a fifteen-year war on the island of Jamaica,what happened to the Maroons led by Colonel Cudjoe?

What were "slave factories" such as the one at Elmina?

The primary reason that European planters in the Americas came to rely on the labor of African slaves was that

Which of the following statements about slave ships is LEAST accurate?

Which of the following statements about Europeans' use of slave labor in the Americas is LEAST accurate?

What was a caboceer?

Which African explorer was known by Native Americans as "the Son of the Sun"?

Which of the following statements about African slavery in European countries during the sixteenth century is MOST accurate?

As one of only four survivors of Pánfilo de Narvaez's ill-fated expedition to Florida,the African explorer Estevan proved especially helpful because of his

Which profitable Caribbean island did England seize from Spain in 1655?

During which century did the largest influx of Africans to Mexico occur?

In Africa,European traders commonly acquired African slaves in return for all of the following items EXCEPT

Which single colony received the largest percentage of African slaves brought over to the New World?

What was the primary means by which European slave traders obtained African slaves?

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