Ch 5

Question 1

During the colonial era in North America , legalized practice of enslaving Africans was

Answer 1

Present in every colony

Question 2

The Chesapeake’s transition from indentured servitude to black slave labor in the second half of the 1600s might be explained by the
A. Increasing availability and falling prices of black slaves
B. All answers are correct
C. Descending numbers of white Europewna willing to enter indentured servitude
D.growing population of landless and potentially rebellious former white servants

Answer 2

b

Question 3

How many Africans do historians estimate survived their forced migration to the New World!

Answer 3

10.7 million

Question 4

Production of the following commodity transformed the New World African Slave trade more than any other factor

Answer 4

Sugar

Question 5

The horrific journey across the Atlantic between Africa and the Americas endured by enslaved Africans was known as the

Answer 5

Middle passage