Question 1

In 1712, enslaved Africans and Indians in __________ attacked whites and set fire to a building.

Accepted Answer

A)   New York City
B)   Williamsburg
C)   Boston
D)   Charleston

Question 2

James Oglethorpe was instrumental in the founding of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   South Carolina
B)   Georgia
C)   Alabama
D)   Mississippi

Question 3

By 1750, African slaves made up 60 percent of the population of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Virginia
B)   Maryland
C)   New Jersey
D)   South Carolina

Question 4

Who introduced rice cultivation to South Carolina?

Accepted Answer

A)   African slaves
B)   English colonists
C)   Spanish colonists
D)   Native Americans

Question 5

The use of African slaves as agricultural laborers in Brazil was tied to __________ cultivation.

Accepted Answer

A)   rice
B)   tobacco
C)   sugar
D)   indigo

Question 6

In The Selling of Joseph, Judge Samuel Sewell __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   called for the immediate abolition of slavery
B)   wondered whether Africans had souls
C)   questioned African enslavement
D)   attacked Cotton Mather's defense of African slaves

Question 7

In eighteenth-century North America, by far the greatest number of enslaved workers lived in Virginia or __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Maryland
B)   New York
C)   Georgia
D)   Pennsylvania

Question 8

Prior to turning to African slaves, English colonies used captured Native Americans and __________ as sources of cheap labor.

Accepted Answer

A)   eastern Europeans
B)   Asian migrants
C)   prisoners of war
D)   impoverished Europeans

Question 9

The __________ John Woolman was an early opponent of slavery.

Accepted Answer

A)   Methodist
B)   Lutheran
C)   Baptist
D)   Quaker

Question 10

When Georgia was first founded, it was __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   supposed to be a haven for the worthy poor
B)   intended to be a penal colony
C)   supposed to be a religious refuge
D)   assumed that slavery would be legal there

Question 11

The Atlantic slave trade reached its peak in the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   1680s
B)   1710s
C)   1750s
D)   1780s

Question 12

In 1735, the trustees of Georgia __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   purchased 500 African slaves
B)   outlawed the consumption of hard alcohol
C)   created a bicameral legislature
D)   ordered the colonists to cultivate cotton

Question 13

The Middle Passage followed the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   arrival of slaves in the Caribbean
B)   capture of slaves in African villages
C)   sale of slaves to European buyers in the Americas
D)   sale of slaves to European sea captains

Question 14

Roughly how many Africans were enslaved and transported to the Americas in the four centuries of the Atlantic slave trade?

Accepted Answer

A)   2 million
B)   10 million
C)   20 million
D)   50 million

Question 15

What role did African Americans play in Bacon's Rebellion?

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Question 16

Despite their rarity, slaveholders had a deep fear of slave __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   strikes
B)   marriages
C)   escapes
D)   uprisings

Question 17

The largest slave uprising in colonial North America broke out in 1739 near __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Boston
B)   New York
C)   Philadelphia
D)   Charleston

Question 18

Which of the following helps explain South Carolina's slave concentration?

Accepted Answer

A)   its proximity to Africa
B)   its climate
C)   the determination of the colony's founders to grow rice
D)   its tax laws

Question 19

Who chartered the Royal African Company?

Accepted Answer

A)   Charles II
B)   Charles I
C)   James II
D)   James I

Question 20

How did Britain's participation in the Atlantic slave trade evolve from 1640 to the 1730s?

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Exam 4: African Enslavement: The Terrible Transformation

Despite their rarity, slaveholders had a deep fear of slave __________.

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Who introduced rice cultivation to South Carolina?

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When Georgia was first founded, it was __________.

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The Atlantic slave trade reached its peak in the __________.

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By 1750, African slaves made up 60 percent of the population of __________.

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Prior to turning to African slaves, English colonies used captured Native Americans and __________ as sources of cheap labor.

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The largest slave uprising in colonial North America broke out in 1739 near __________.

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Roughly how many Africans were enslaved and transported to the Americas in the four centuries of the Atlantic slave trade?

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What role did African Americans play in Bacon's Rebellion?

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James Oglethorpe was instrumental in the founding of __________.

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In eighteenth-century North America, by far the greatest number of enslaved workers lived in Virginia or __________.

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Who chartered the Royal African Company?

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The __________ John Woolman was an early opponent of slavery.

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Which of the following helps explain South Carolina's slave concentration?

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The use of African slaves as agricultural laborers in Brazil was tied to __________ cultivation.

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In 1712, enslaved Africans and Indians in __________ attacked whites and set fire to a building.

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In 1735, the trustees of Georgia __________.

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