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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did transatlantic ships carrying enslaved persons usually make port?
(a) Eastern Canada.
(b) The Caribbean.
(c) Western Europe.
(d) The East Indies.

2. Who were the first Europeans to reach the Americas?
(a) The Spanish.
(b) The Scandinavians.
(c) The German.
(d) The English.

3. According to Tisby's statistical evidence, which modern American demographic is most likely to be religious?
(a) Asians.
(b) Whites.
(c) Blacks.
(d) Hispanics.

4. According to Tisby, what is required to achieve "reconciliation" (15)?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Grief.
(c) Anger.
(d) Repentence.

5. What was the term used for workers who were bound to their employer until they paid off a debt?
(a) Indentured servants.
(b) Bond slaves.
(c) Domestic servants.
(d) Chattel slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the term used for the process of preparing slaves for their new life of bondage?

2. How many enslaved people were transported from Africa during the transatlantic slave trade?

3. How did Columbus view the native inhabitants of the Americas?

4. How does Tisby perceive racism?

5. Following the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, a white lawyer claimed that all white Christians bore some responsibility. What was this lawyer's name?

(see the answer key)

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