Module 15 Lesson 1 Quiz

1. The southern colonial economic structure was based primarily on which of these industries?

• mining
• railroads
• textiles
• agriculture

2. Plantation owners needed an alternative labor force because many native laborer's _________________.

• refused to for the wealthy planters
• died from European diseases
• moved out of the south.

3. What was the Middle Passage?

• the voyage from Africa across the Atlantic Ocean.
• the march frominland Africa to the coastal slave forts.
• the walkway between the slaves' quarters and the fields.
• the journey from the Caribbean islands to the Mexican mainland.

4. During the Middle Passage, many slaves _________________.

• escaped and went back home
• died from disease and malnutrition
• became sailors and ran the slave ships

5. Which of these statements correctly describes family life for slaves in the Americas?

• Slaves owners respected families and rarely split them apart.
• Families were considered an unimportant part of slave culture.
• The size of the slave population made it easy to form stable families.
• Families provided a part of life not fully under the control of slaveholders.

6. Despite _____________________, enslaved Africans shared many customs and viewpoints that led to the creation of new African American cultures.

• not living on the same plantation
• having different parents
• having different backgrounds

7. Between the 1520's and 1860's, about _________________ Africans were shipped across the Atlantic as slaves.

• 12 million
• 120 million
• 22 million

8. In September 1739, an uprising known as the ________________ took place. The revolt began when about 20 slaves gathered at the Stono River just southwest of Charles Town.

• Slave Rebellion
• River Rebillion
• Stono Rebellion

9. Slave religion was primarily ______________, but it included traditional elements from African religions as well.

• Vodo
• Hindo
• Christian

10. ________________ were a common form of religious expression among slaves.

• Dances
• Chants
• Spirituals