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

A
Slaveholders knew that an enslaved person weakened by hunger could be sold for less money.
B
Slaveholders knew that an enslaved person who did not eat would be too tired to perform duties on the ship.
C
Slaveholders worried that an enslaved person who did not eat would not cooperate.
D
Slaveholders worried that an enslaved person who did not eat would try to take control of the ship.
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In the 1600s and 1700s, European plantations in the West Indies

A
turned to slavery to fulfill their need for workers.
B
traded goods from Europe to help with costs.
C
were able to contain the spread of disease.
D
funded their operations with precious metals.
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How did the trans-Atlantic slave trade benefit European plantation owners in the West Indies?

A
It allowed them to grow and produce goods more cheaply.
B
It provided them with guns and ammunition for defending their plantations.
C
It provided them with goods from Europe unavailable in the Americas.
D
It allowed them to sell enslaved persons to landowners in the Middle East.
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The end of the trans-Atlantic slave trade resulted in

A
a decrease in money going to African kingdoms.
B
payment from the Americas to Africa.
C
Africa owing money to American slaveholders.
D
an increase of European goods in Africa.
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To keep up with European demand, how did African slave traders enslave people?

A
They took prisoners of war and raided villages.
B
They stopped selling enslaved people to the Middle East.
C
They traded goods with Africans on the West Coast.
D
They improved conditions on slave ships to help more people survive.
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To escape enslavement while on board slave ships, some Africans

A
jumped overboard.
B
traded food.
C
attacked other Africans.
D
bribed sailors.
7

In the 1600s and 1700s, Europeans established themselves in the West Indies to

A
search for precious metals and to grow crops such as coffee.
B
find a labor force for their large plantations back in Europe.
C
trade European goods such as cloth, guns, and ammunition.
D
sell precious metals such as gold and silver.
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How did the triangular trade benefit Europeans?

A
Europeans obtained raw materials from the Americas.
B
Europeans obtained an enslaved workforce for plantations in Europe.
C
Europeans profited from selling fur to plantation owners.
D
Europeans profited from selling guns and ammunition in the Americas.
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How did trans-Atlantic slavery most affect the population of Africa?

A
There were fewer men to clear fields and hunt.
B
There were fewer women to give birth to children.
C
There were fewer immigrants from Brazil in Africa.
D
There were fewer mixed-race families in Africa.
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Which of the following events during the 1600s and 1700s led to the development of slavery in the Caribbean?

A
Christopher Columbus arrived in the West Indies.
B
Thousands of natives of the West Indies were killed by disease.
C
French, English, and Dutch traders joined Spanish traders in the West Indies.
D
French, English, and Dutch traders fought for control of the West Indies.

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