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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Resistance to Slavery - 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one principal item for which slaves were traded for?
(a) Liquor.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Yams.
(d) Furniture.

2. What is one way early slave trades were carried out?
(a) Slave traders would drug Africans and steal them.
(b) The slave traders would lie in wait for the Africans then capture them.
(c) Slave traders tranquilized Africans, then captured them.
(d) Slave traders asked the Africans to visit their ship then captured them.

3. What was another cause of death of the Africans aboard the slave ship?
(a) Fighting each other to the death.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Murder.
(d) Poison.

4. What is the first group of people that the colonists tried out as slaves?
(a) Whites.
(b) Africans.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Indians.

5. What was the only thing the slaves were given to eat on board the slave ship?
(a) Yams.
(b) Bread and cheese.
(c) Cabbage.
(d) Potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose account is an example of a joyous occasion seen at the auction block?

2. How many lashes would a slave receive for something like standing idle in the field?

3. What was it about the African civilizations that made it easier for colonists to use the Africans more easily?

4. What happened to the children who were captured with their mothers and brought aboard the slave ship?

5. Approximately how many Africans were taken from their continent during the years of slave trade?

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