The Middle Passage

Question 1

How did hunger strikes by enslaved Africans affect slaveholders during the Middle Passage?

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A: Slaveholders knew that an enslaved person weakened by hunger could be sold for less money.

Question 2

How did trans-Atlantic slavery most affect the population of Africa?

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A: There were fewer men to clear fields and hunt.

Question 3

The end of the trans-Atlantic slave trade resulted in

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A: a decrease in money going to African kingdoms.

Question 4

To escape enslavement while on board slave ships, some Africans

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A: jumped overboard.

Question 5

How did the writings of Olaudah Equiano affect the slave trade?

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A: They brought public awareness to the inhumane conditions on slave ships.

Question 6

Read the quotation from the writings of Olaudah Equiano, an African who experienced the Middle Passage. “The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us.”A conclusion that can be drawn about slave ships from this description is that passengers

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A: suffered greatly during their journey to the Americas.

Question 7

Which of the following events during the 1600s and 1700s led to the development of slavery in the Caribbean?

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C: French, English, and Dutch traders joined Spanish traders in the West Indies.

Question 8

In the 1600s and 1700s, European plantations in the West Indies

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A: turned to slavery to fulfill their need for workers.

Question 9

How did the triangular trade benefit Europeans?

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A: Europeans obtained raw materials from the Americas.

Question 10

To keep up with European demand, how did African slave traders enslave people?

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A: They took prisoners of war and raided villages.

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