Middle Passage
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- Q1Once Africans boarded the slave ships for the journey to the Americas, what percentage did not survive the six to eight week voyage?50%20%80%4%30s
- Q2The middle passage was apart of what trading systemTriangular TradeSquare TradeGold Mine TradeAfrican Trade30s
- Q3Which European country took the lead in the exploration and colonization of Africa, Asia, and the Americas in the early 1400s?D) SwitzerlandC) EnglandB) FrancePortugal30s
- Q4Why did Europeans need labor from Africa for their colonies in the Americas?D) Native Americans relocated to Europe for survival.C) Europeans avoided Native American people and did not seek their labor.A). Native Americans quickly began to die in huge numbers from European diseases.B) Native Americans refused to be captured or work as slaves in fields or mines.30s
- Q5What is the Middle Passage?European slave trade with the AmericasEuropean slave trade with IndiaWater Route Through North AmericaEuropean Slave trade with North America30s
- Q6When slaves were loaded onto boats to be taken and sold, this part of the triangular trade route was called what?the American Passagethe African Passagethe Lower PassageMiddle Passage30s
- Q7One effect of the slave trade on African societies was...decreased population in some areas.decreased warfare.flourishing of art & culture.transfer of European political ideas.30s
- Q8According to both the slave ship doctor (Falconbridge) and the former slave (Equiano), what happened to slaves who refused to eat?They starved to death & avoided working in AmericaThey were mercilessly punished (burned or beaten)They were given twice as much to eat the next dayThey were thrown overboard to the sharks30s
- Q9Which of these details does the slave ship doctor (Falconbridge) tell that the former slave (Equiano) leaves out?Slaves were tied or shackled to each other in groupsImageSlaves who refused to eat were punishedThe slave ships smelled very awful (loathsome or disgusting)The disease that killed many slaves was called the flux30s
- Q10Which of the following was a major reason for the flow of the transatlantic slave trade shown on the map? ImageThe economic demands of the plantation systemIncreased textile manufacturingIncreased western migrationThe construction needs of the railroad30s
- Q11How were the conditions of the slave boats during the Middle Passage?The conditions were dirty and unsanitary for the slavesThe lodgings were clean and sanitary for the slavesThe slaves were well fed and clothedAll of the above30s
- Q12Once captured the people taken were treated like property and deprived of all human dignity. This is an example of ...ProfitableMoralityEthicsDehumanization30s
- Q13Owning of human beings as property able to be bought, sold, given, and inherited, is known as.....MercantilismFree tradeIndentured ServantsChattel slavery30s
- Q14Why were Africans captured and forced to work in the Americas?to share riches and wealth with themto spread Christianityto provide more workers for the plantationsto give them diseases30s
- Q15What happen to the slaves when they got to the markets?Traded or sold for goodsPacked on shipsBeatenChained and Whipped30s
