Question 1

Which was NOT a method used to curtail African cultural traditions by European planters?

Accepted Answer

A)  Learning colonial languages. 
B)  Converting to Christianity 
C)  Mixing slaves from different parts of Africa. 
D)  Mandatory primary education. 
E)  All of these. 
A)  Learning colonial languages. 
B)  Converting to Christianity 
C)  Mixing slaves from different parts of Africa. 
D)  Mandatory primary education. 
E)  All of these.

Question 2

In addition to being half as expensive as slaves, indentured servants only served three to four years while slaves, after their arrival, lived an average of

Accepted Answer

A)  3 years. 
B)  7 years. 
C)  11 years. 
D)  15 years. 
E)  25 years. 
A)  3 years. 
B)  7 years. 
C)  11 years. 
D)  15 years. 
E)  25 years.

Question 3

Identify the following term(s).
-Middle Passage

Accepted Answer

The Middle Passage refers to the stage o

Question 4

What were the effects of the Middle Passage on both slave traders and slaves?

Accepted Answer

Students should be able to describe the

Question 5

Identify the following term(s).
-maroon

Accepted Answer

The term "maroon" can be identified in s

Question 6

In the eighteenth century, what was the major source of slaves in the interior of the Bight of Biafra?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kidnapped people 
B)  Inland slave markets 
C)  Prisoners of war 
D)  Criminals 
E)  All of these 
A)  Kidnapped people 
B)  Inland slave markets 
C)  Prisoners of war 
D)  Criminals 
E)  All of these

Question 7

Locate the different African kingdoms on Map (in the textbook) 19.3. What kingdoms are in these locations today? Use the Internet and the newspaper to discuss the issues of the states in this region today.

Accepted Answer

To locate the different African kingdoms

Question 8

Life expectancy for nineteenth-century Brazilian male slaves was

Accepted Answer

A)  10 years. 
B)  23 years. 
C)  39 years. 
D)  50 years. 
E)  65 years. 
A)  10 years. 
B)  23 years. 
C)  39 years. 
D)  50 years. 
E)  65 years.

Question 9

Africans who provided slaves to Europeans received what in return?

Accepted Answer

A)  beads 
B)  rum 
C)  guns 
D)  textiles 
E)  all of the above 
A)  beads 
B)  rum 
C)  guns 
D)  textiles 
E)  all of the above

Question 10

How did the Saharan slave trade differ from the Atlantic slave trade?

Accepted Answer

While the number of enslaved Africans in

Question 11

Although tobacco was a New World plant long used by Amerindians,

Accepted Answer

A)  Europeans attempted to outlaw its use in America. 
B)  it was Europeans who began growing the crop on large plantations. 
C)  European diseases made the plant extinct. 
D)  it never became popular in Europe because of its unhealthy effects. 
E)  it was originally from Turkey. 
A)  Europeans attempted to outlaw its use in America. 
B)  it was Europeans who began growing the crop on large plantations. 
C)  European diseases made the plant extinct. 
D)  it never became popular in Europe because of its unhealthy effects. 
E)  it was originally from Turkey.

Question 12

Men outnumbered women on Caribbean plantations because

Accepted Answer

A)  twice as many men were imported. 
B)  men lived much longer than women. 
C)  women were not as strong as men. 
D)  women were more susceptible to disease than men. 
E)  women refused to consent to plantation work. 
A)  twice as many men were imported. 
B)  men lived much longer than women. 
C)  women were not as strong as men. 
D)  women were more susceptible to disease than men. 
E)  women refused to consent to plantation work.

Question 13

The "clockwise" network of trade in the Atlantic was known as the

Accepted Answer

A)  Continental Trade Route. 
B)  Reverse Option Market. 
C)  Robinson Route. 
D)  European Circuit. 
E)  Atlantic Circuit. 
A)  Continental Trade Route. 
B)  Reverse Option Market. 
C)  Robinson Route. 
D)  European Circuit. 
E)  Atlantic Circuit.

Question 14

One of the primary environmental effects of plantations in the Caribbean was deforestation, which led to what?

Accepted Answer

Soil erosion, silted

Question 15

Which of the following does not describe the Dutch West India Company?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a private trading company. 
B)  It seized sugar-producing areas in Brazil. 
C)  It shipped slaves to Brazil. 
D)  It paid stockholders huge dividends. 
E)  All of the above. 
A)  It was a private trading company. 
B)  It seized sugar-producing areas in Brazil. 
C)  It shipped slaves to Brazil. 
D)  It paid stockholders huge dividends. 
E)  All of the above.

Question 16

"Drivers" were typically

Accepted Answer

A)  white indentured servants. 
B)  white overseers. 
C)  free black overseers. 
D)  privileged male slaves. 
E)  ship captains. 
A)  white indentured servants. 
B)  white overseers. 
C)  free black overseers. 
D)  privileged male slaves. 
E)  ship captains.

Question 17

Most slaves died of disease, the most common of which was

Accepted Answer

A)  malaria 
B)  dysentery 
C)  plague 
D)  yellow 
E)  influenza 
A)  malaria 
B)  dysentery 
C)  plague 
D)  yellow 
E)  influenza

Question 18

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 19.1 and explain the slave trade in nontraditional regions such as Angola and the use of slaves along the Pacific territories.

Accepted Answer

The slave trade in nontraditional region

Question 19

Although the organization of the Atlantic slave trade varied from African region to region, it expanded and prospered because of

Accepted Answer

A)  European merchants 
B)  African elite 
C)  African tribal warfare 
D)  European economic incentives 
E)  all of the above 
A)  European merchants 
B)  African elite 
C)  African tribal warfare 
D)  European economic incentives 
E)  all of the above

Question 20

What was the life of a slave like on a West Indian sugar plantation in the eighteenth century? Include details from slaves' work lives, as well as from their family and social lives.

Accepted Answer

Students should describe slaves' working

Exam 19: The Atlantic System and Africa

Which was NOT a method used to curtail African cultural traditions by European planters?

In addition to being half as expensive as slaves, indentured servants only served three to four years while slaves, after their arrival, lived an average of

Identify the following term(s). -Middle Passage

What were the effects of the Middle Passage on both slave traders and slaves?

Identify the following term(s). -maroon

In the eighteenth century, what was the major source of slaves in the interior of the Bight of Biafra?

Locate the different African kingdoms on Map (in the textbook) 19.3. What kingdoms are in these locations today? Use the Internet and the newspaper to discuss the issues of the states in this region today.

Life expectancy for nineteenth-century Brazilian male slaves was

Africans who provided slaves to Europeans received what in return?

How did the Saharan slave trade differ from the Atlantic slave trade?

Although tobacco was a New World plant long used by Amerindians,

Men outnumbered women on Caribbean plantations because

The "clockwise" network of trade in the Atlantic was known as the

One of the primary environmental effects of plantations in the Caribbean was deforestation, which led to what?

Which of the following does not describe the Dutch West India Company?

"Drivers" were typically

Most slaves died of disease, the most common of which was

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 19.1 and explain the slave trade in nontraditional regions such as Angola and the use of slaves along the Pacific territories.

Although the organization of the Atlantic slave trade varied from African region to region, it expanded and prospered because of

What was the life of a slave like on a West Indian sugar plantation in the eighteenth century? Include details from slaves' work lives, as well as from their family and social lives.

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