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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, To Be a Slave.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how many Africans were taken from their continent during the years of slave trade?
(a) Fifty billion.
(b) Fifty million.
(c) Ten million.
(d) Ten billion.

2. What happened to the children who were captured with their mothers and brought aboard the slave ship?
(a) They were strangled in front of their mothers' eyes as a lesson in obedience.
(b) They were separated from their mothers and kept in another location.
(c) They were separated from their mothers and thrown overboard into the water.
(d) They were taken aboard another ship meant only for slave children.

3. What was it about the African civilizations that made it easier for colonists to use the Africans more easily?
(a) The African civilizations were different which made the American way more inticing.
(b) African civilizations encouraged traveling overseas.
(c) African civilizations were highly developed with economic and political institutions, not unlike the American's own growing economy.
(d) The African civilization was uncouth and therefore it was easier to teach them how to be a slave.

4. Which country introduced Africans to Europe in the early sixteenth century?
(a) England.
(b) Netherlands.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Spain.

5. What was a second principal item for which slaves were traded for?
(a) Yards of cotton.
(b) Domesticated dogs.
(c) Horses.
(d) Several pounds of corn.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where did the first American-built slave ship sail from?

2. What was one principal item for which slaves were traded for?

3. What was 'Ol Gabe known for?

4. What was the title for a poor white who was hired to watch over the slaves as they worked and ensure they weren't lazy or try to run away?

5. This second group of people were not slaves but rather called __________________.

(see the answer key)

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