Quiz

Question 1

In Africa: what rights did the slaves have?

Answer 1

They could marry
They could own property
They received humane treatment

Question 2

In America: Why were the Native Americans poor slaves?

Answer 2

They were not resistant to the European diseases
They were not used to slavery
They could scape easily
They were not good farmers

Question 3

Who was the one who persuaded authorities to end Native American slavery?

Answer 3

Father la Casa

Question 4

Where did most African slaves came from, and where were they brought to?

Answer 4

West Africa to the West Indies

Question 5

Where were they slaves mostly used?

Answer 5

Sugar plantations

Question 6

Why were Africans considered good slaves?

Answer 6

They were resistant to the European diseases
They already understood the concept of slavery(were used to it)
They could not scape easily
They were good farmers

Question 7

How many African slaves were sent to the Americans between the 1500’s and the 1800’s?

Answer 7

About 10 millions

Question 8

What were the three stages in the African slave’s journey to the Americas?

Answer 8

1. They were first captured and sold by the slavers
2. Middle Passage: ocean voyage - brutal and I humane voyage - over 20% died
3. Sold at auction - West Indies

Question 9

First kind of labor used in British (English) Plantations were…

Answer 9

Indentured servants

Question 10

Who were the indentured servants?

Answer 10

Person who traded 7 years of work for his passage to the Americas.
Eventually there were too few of them and they became too expensive and too dangerous.
They were replaced by slaves.

Question 11

Give me three differences between African American skates and Indentured servants

Answer 11

Children who were born from slaves were slaves
Slavery was for life
Slaves had no rights

Question 12

In the Americans what determined how you became a slave?

Answer 12

The color of your skin.

Question 13

Name the types of slaves used in British plantations.

Answer 13

Field slaves
Artisan slaves
House slaves

Question 14

African slave culture centered around five areas

Answer 14

1. Music: negro spirituals
2. Language Gullah ( blend of English with African dialects)
3. Dress: colorful
4. Religion: adopted Christianity
5. Lineage (family/ history roots) Family oriented

Question 15

Tell me the worst spect of slavery to the slaves?

Answer 15

The breaking up of families

Question 16

What was the dilemma that America faced in relation to slavery?

Answer 16

Profit vs. morality

This institution went directly against what the USA was based on freedom and equality.

Question 17

In Africa: how did you become a slave?

Answer 17

POW’s
Debt
Protection ( widows)