history 2

Question 1

Depiction

Answer 1

Enslaved African inspected & sold; treated as objects.

Question 2

Historical Context & Significance

Answer 2

Shows economic role of transatlantic slave trade; justifications for slavery.

Question 3

Migration (Industrial Revolution)

Answer 3

Moved for work, better life; rural to urban; emigrated to U.S., Canada, Australia, S. Africa.

Question 4

General Treatment

Answer 4

Manhandled, chained, stripped of identity, seen as cargo, dehumanised

Question 5

Inspection Process

Answer 5

Examined for strength, defects lowered value.

Question 6

Gender Differences

Answer 6

Women had more freedom but faced abuse; forced ‘dancing’; rape common.

Question 7

Resistance & Suicide

Answer 7

Suicide attempts prevented (netting); women fought back, rarely successful.

Question 8

Source A – Forced Migration

Answer 8

Transatlantic slave trade

Question 9

Source B – Voluntary Migration

Answer 9

Industrial work, overseas emigration, gold rushes, convict transport.

Question 10

Other Migration Factors

Answer 10

Wars, economic hardship, British Empire expansion.

Question 11

Scale of Slave Trade

Answer 11

12.5M taken, 2M died on Middle Passage.

Question 12

Ship Design & Conditions

Answer 12

Overcrowded, unsanitary, forced-fed, disease outbreaks, segregated, weaponised for control.

Question 13

Abuse & Exploitation

Answer 13

Beatings, rapes, psychological control.

Question 14

The Zong Trial (1783)

Answer 14

Captain drowned slaves for insurance; fueled abolitionist movements. (end slavery)

Question 15

Abolition & Legacy

Answer 15

Slavery persisted after trade ban; shaped modern racism & legal systems.