


The pope awarded a monopoly on African coastal trade to:
A. Portugal
B. The Netherlands
C. Sweden
D. England
ANSWER: A


The smallest proportion of slaves to the Americas during the 1700s went to
A. Central America.
B. South America.
C. the West Indies.
D. North America.
ANSWER: D


This English colony of 1732 was created as a buffer against Spanish invasion:
A. Alabama
B. Louisiana
C. Georgia
D. Florida
ANSWER: C


Which one of the following cities is NOT correctly matched to a significant slavery event?
A. Timbuktu/one of the major cities of East Africa and source of slaves
B. Newport/Rhode Island slave trade center
C. Stono/South Carolina site of early slave rebellion
D. Cape Blanco/first slave trade area in Virginia
ANSWER: D


Free African Americans were highly concentrated in:
A. Boston
B. Vermont
C. New York City
D. Philadelphia
ANSWER: C


The "ring shout" was part of the African ceremony of:
A. marriage
B. burial
C. baptism
D. holy orders
ANSWER: B


Communities of runaway slaves were called
A. mulattoes
B. barracoons
C. creoles
D. maroons
ANSWER: D


The country which most successfully used mercantilism was:
A. France
B. Portugal
C. Great Britain
D. Spain
ANSWER: C


All of the following limited colonial production EXCEPT:
A. the Wool Act
B. the Hat Act
C. the Iron Act
D. the Navigation Acts
ANSWER: D


The Middle colonies were major exporters of which of the following?
A. indigo
B. grain
C. rice
D. cotton
ANSWER: B


With the tasking system, slaves
A. could keep some sense of control.
B. were forced into large work groups.
C. had a high mortality rate.
D. worked harder than in gang labor systems.
ANSWER: A


Which one of the following crops was NOT significant in entrenching slavery in the Americas from 1441 to 1770?
A. rice
B. sugar
C. tobacco
D. cotton
ANSWER: D


Brazil, Barbados, Jamaica, Martinique, and St. Dominique illustrate the connection between slavery and
A. cotton.
B. sugar.
C. rice.
D. tobacco.
ANSWER: B


The British colonial area that profited the most from conducting the slave trade itself was
A. New England.
B. Virginia/ Chesapeake area.
C. the Carolinas.
D. Pennsylvania.
ANSWER: A


The term "Middle Passage" refers to the
A. horrendous slave voyages from Africa to America.
B. regulations of mercantilism on the Atlantic.
C. sugar to rum transition from the West Indies to New England.
D. English search for a water route through North America.
ANSWER: A


These two crops were the basis of South Carolina's export wealth in the 1700s:
A. sugar/cattle
B. tobacco/sugar
C. rice/tobacco
D. indigo/rice
ANSWER: D


In the Peace of Utrecht which ended Queen Anne's War, the Spanish ceded to England the exclusive right to the
A. sugar trade.
B. slave trade.
C. Indian trade.
D. fur trade.
ANSWER: B


Which one of the following was NOT an area the French ceded to the British in the Peace of Utrecht?
A. Acadia
B. Newfoundland
C. Hudson's Bay
D. New Orleans
ANSWER: D


Which one of the following is NOT true of African enslavement in the New World?
A. The largest groups were from West Africa.
B. Most were from societies skilled in agriculture.
C. There was little resistance because of the shock of enslavement.
D. Africans made up the largest single, immigrant group.
ANSWER: A


The terms Gullah and Geeche show survival of African culture in
A. religion.
B. language.
C. foods.
D. musical instruments.
ANSWER: B



The peak period of English colonial slave trade was in the
A. 1650s.
B. 1690s.
C. 1750s.
D. 1770s.
ANSWER: D


Which of the following was NOT fought between 1689-1748?
A. King William's War
B. Queen Anne's War
C. French and Indian War
D. King George's War
ANSWER: C


The Triangular Trade across the Atlantic did not include:
A. Asia
B. Europe
C. Africa
D. North America
ANSWER: A


The Middle Passage was the section of the triangular trade from
A. America to Africa.
B. Europe to Africa.
C. Africa to America.
D. West Indies to New England.
ANSWER: C


In 1662 Virginia law held that slavery was
A. temporary.
B. not applicable to Christian concerns.
C. an indenture that could be worked off.
D. hereditary.
ANSWER: D


In 1699 the Spanish declared this area a refuge for escaped slaves:
A. Florida
B. Cuba
C. New Mexicod
D. Texas
ANSWER: A


The area of Africa called the Slave Coast centered on this river:
A. Songhai
B. Niger
C. Congo
D. Ashanti
ANSWER: B


In seventeenth and eighteenth-century North America, the largest African population concentration was in
A. the Lower South.
B. Florida.
C. the Chesapeake.
D. Louisiana.
ANSWER: A


Blacks who were "country born" were not born into slavery.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B


The pope excommunicated merchants who enslaved Christians.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


Brazil was held by the Portuguese throughout the seventeenth century.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B


All nations of Western Europe participated in the slave trade.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


To prevent captured Africans from jumping over the sides of the boat, captains strung netting over the sides of the boat.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


Children inherited the status of their slave fathers.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B


The most dynamic sector of South Carolina's economy was indigo production.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B


Slave codes did not provide for legal marriage between slaves.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


The majority of black southerners before the American Revolution were Christian.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B


Spain ceded the exclusive right to supply slaves to its American colonies to the English as part of the Peace of Utrecht.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


Slavery had been originally prohibited in Georgia, but later was allowed.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


Household slaves were not a part of the Mediterranean World.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B


Africans were heavily involved in the slave trade with the Portuguese as traders.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


African men outnumbered African women in the Americas.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


Slaves were a major part of the British colonies before 1700.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B


Tobacco could be successfully produced on small farms.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


Georgia was created as a buffer against the Spanish in Florida.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A


The most important Northern center of slavery was New York City.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B


An African American language was not developed until the nineteenth century.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B


Compared to Brazil and Jamaica, there were few slave revolts in North America.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A

