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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to slave codes, what determined whether a child was born free or enslaved?
(a) The father's slave status.
(b) The mother's religion.
(c) The mother's slave status.
(d) The father's religion.

2. What year did the Haitian Revolution take place?
(a) 1764.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1794.
(d) 1791.

3. How many people perished during the Middle Passage?
(a) About 500,000.
(b) About 2 million.
(c) About 750,000.
(d) About 1 million.

4. What was the term used for the process of preparing slaves for their new life of bondage?
(a) Training.
(b) Hazing.
(c) Seasoning.
(d) Indoctrination.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Tisby's statistical evidence, which modern American demographic is most likely to be religious?

2. Which organization decided in the 1600s that baptism would not free enslaved people?

3. Which enslaved person wrote an autobiography chronicling his experiences in the Middle Passage?

4. According to Tisby, when did Christianity arrive in Africa?

5. Who were the first Europeans to reach the Americas?

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