Question 1

What was not a major initial source of slaves in the Bight of Biafra?

Accepted Answer

A) victims of kidnapping 
B) debtors 
C) prisoners of war 
D) criminals 
E) None of these are correct. 
A) victims of kidnapping 
B) debtors 
C) prisoners of war 
D) criminals 
E) None of these are correct.

Question 2

What were the long-term effects of the Navigation Acts?

Accepted Answer

The Atlantic became the most i

Question 3

Among the planter elite in Saint Domingue, where would free blacks rank in the social hierarchy?

Accepted Answer

A) First 
B) Second, after the grands blancs 
C) Third, after the petits blancs 
D) Third, after free whites 
E) Last; blacks were not accorded free status in Saint Domingue 
A) First 
B) Second, after the grands blancs 
C) Third, after the petits blancs 
D) Third, after free whites 
E) Last; blacks were not accorded free status in Saint Domingue

Question 4

Describe the similarities and differences of the slave trade with regard to Christianity and Islam.

Accepted Answer

Like Christians of this period, Muslims

Question 5

In addition to being half as expensive as slaves, indentured servants only served three to four years while slaves, after their arrival, lived an average of

Accepted Answer

A) 3 years. 
B) 7 years. 
C) 11 years. 
D) 15 years. 
E) 25 years. 
A) 3 years. 
B) 7 years. 
C) 11 years. 
D) 15 years. 
E) 25 years.

Question 6

Mercantilism is

Accepted Answer

A) the recognition by the state that all individuals have economic rights. 
B) the belief in a completely free-market economy. 
C) a government policy that controls trade to accumulate gold and silver. 
D) the political doctrine that only people who produce economic wealth may vote. 
E) another name for capitalism. 
A) the recognition by the state that all individuals have economic rights. 
B) the belief in a completely free-market economy. 
C) a government policy that controls trade to accumulate gold and silver. 
D) the political doctrine that only people who produce economic wealth may vote. 
E) another name for capitalism.

Question 7

Which maroon leader on Jamaica negotiated a peace treaty that guaranteed his freedom and that of his followers?

Accepted Answer

A) Captain Cook 
B) Captain Cudjoe 
C) Job Solomon 
D) Willem Bosman 
E) Toussaint L'Ouverture 
A) Captain Cook 
B) Captain Cudjoe 
C) Job Solomon 
D) Willem Bosman 
E) Toussaint L'Ouverture

Question 8

Which of the following does NOT describe the Dutch West India Company?

Accepted Answer

A) It was a private trading company. 
B) It seized sugar-producing areas in Brazil. 
C) It shipped slaves to Brazil. 
D) It paid stockholders huge dividends. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) It was a private trading company. 
B) It seized sugar-producing areas in Brazil. 
C) It shipped slaves to Brazil. 
D) It paid stockholders huge dividends. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 9

Men outnumbered women on Caribbean plantations because

Accepted Answer

A) twice as many men were imported. 
B) men lived much longer than women. 
C) women were not as strong as men. 
D) women were more susceptible to disease than men. 
E) women refused to consent to plantation work. 
A) twice as many men were imported. 
B) men lived much longer than women. 
C) women were not as strong as men. 
D) women were more susceptible to disease than men. 
E) women refused to consent to plantation work.

Question 10

In the eighteenth century, the West Indians were controlled by a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) aristocracy. 
B) slaveocracy. 
C) meritocracy. 
D) democracy. 
E) plantocracy. 
A) aristocracy. 
B) slaveocracy. 
C) meritocracy. 
D) democracy. 
E) plantocracy.

Question 11

The African state most dependent on the Atlantic trade was

Accepted Answer

A) Oyo. 
B) Dahomey. 
C) Asante. 
D) Elmina. 
E) Kush. 
A) Oyo. 
B) Dahomey. 
C) Asante. 
D) Elmina. 
E) Kush.

Question 12

Most slaves died of

Accepted Answer

A) disease. 
B) Beatings. 
C) old age. 
D) heartbreak. 
E) accidents. 
A) disease. 
B) Beatings. 
C) old age. 
D) heartbreak. 
E) accidents.

Question 13

How did the Saharan slave trade differ from the Atlantic slave trade?

Accepted Answer

While the number of enslaved Africans in

Question 14

Which of the following resulted in the high mortality rate aboard Atlantic slave ships?

Accepted Answer

A) abuse 
B) execution 
C) disease 
D) suicide 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) abuse 
B) execution 
C) disease 
D) suicide 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 15

What was "fixed melancholy"?

Accepted Answer

A) the refusal of sailors to crew slave ships 
B) the reluctance of African leaders to sell fellow countrymen as slaves 
C) the refusal to work by slaves newly arrived in the Americas 
D) the deep psychological depression that afflicted slaves during the Middle Passage 
E) the response of West Indies planetrs to a drop in sugar prices 
A) the refusal of sailors to crew slave ships 
B) the reluctance of African leaders to sell fellow countrymen as slaves 
C) the refusal to work by slaves newly arrived in the Americas 
D) the deep psychological depression that afflicted slaves during the Middle Passage 
E) the response of West Indies planetrs to a drop in sugar prices

Question 16

Although the organization of the Atlantic slave trade varied from African region to region, it expanded and prospered because of

Accepted Answer

A) European merchants. 
B) African elite. 
C) African tribal warfare. 
D) European economic incentives. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) European merchants. 
B) African elite. 
C) African tribal warfare. 
D) European economic incentives. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 17

Life expectancy for nineteenth-century Brazilian female slaves was about

Accepted Answer

A) 10 years. 
B) 25 years. 
C) 40 years. 
D) 50 years. 
E) 75 years. 
A) 10 years. 
B) 25 years. 
C) 40 years. 
D) 50 years. 
E) 75 years.

Question 18

What was the life of a slave like on a West Indian sugar plantation in the eighteenth century? Include details from slaves' work lives, as well as from their family and social lives.

Accepted Answer

Students should describe slaves' working

Question 19

Most slaves taken from Africa were

Accepted Answer

A) kidnapped. 
B) prisoners of war. 
C) criminals. 
D) political opponents. 
E) Muslims. 
A) kidnapped. 
B) prisoners of war. 
C) criminals. 
D) political opponents. 
E) Muslims.

Question 20

Where would slave children most likely be found working?

Accepted Answer

A) In the cane-processing factories 
B) Tending to livestock 
C) In "grass gangs" doing simple, lighter work 
D) With their parents 
E) Children were exempt from labor. 
A) In the cane-processing factories 
B) Tending to livestock 
C) In "grass gangs" doing simple, lighter work 
D) With their parents 
E) Children were exempt from labor.

Exam 19: The Atlantic System and Africa

What was not a major initial source of slaves in the Bight of Biafra?

What were the long-term effects of the Navigation Acts?

Among the planter elite in Saint Domingue, where would free blacks rank in the social hierarchy?

Describe the similarities and differences of the slave trade with regard to Christianity and Islam.

In addition to being half as expensive as slaves, indentured servants only served three to four years while slaves, after their arrival, lived an average of

Mercantilism is

Which maroon leader on Jamaica negotiated a peace treaty that guaranteed his freedom and that of his followers?

Which of the following does NOT describe the Dutch West India Company?

Men outnumbered women on Caribbean plantations because

In the eighteenth century, the West Indians were controlled by a(n)

The African state most dependent on the Atlantic trade was

Most slaves died of

How did the Saharan slave trade differ from the Atlantic slave trade?

Which of the following resulted in the high mortality rate aboard Atlantic slave ships?

What was "fixed melancholy"?

Although the organization of the Atlantic slave trade varied from African region to region, it expanded and prospered because of

Life expectancy for nineteenth-century Brazilian female slaves was about

What was the life of a slave like on a West Indian sugar plantation in the eighteenth century? Include details from slaves' work lives, as well as from their family and social lives.

Most slaves taken from Africa were

Where would slave children most likely be found working?

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