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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1800s, the global demand for which product helped fuel the north American slave trade?
(a) Wool.
(b) Steel.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Oil.

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

3. How does Tisby categorize his book, The Color of Compromise?
(a) Historical survey.
(b) Historical fiction.
(c) Historical nonfiction.
(d) Biography.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which white man married Metoaka, also known as Pocahontas?

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

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

5. Which church leader helped found The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG)?

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