Indentured Servitude and Slavery Quiz

What was the primary labor source in the early establishment of the southern colonies?

• African slaves

• Indentured servants

• Native American labor

• Free European settlers

What event led Jamestown to switch from using indentured servants to primarily slave labor?

• The American Revolution

• The arrival of the Mayflower

• Bacon’s Rebellion

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

What was the Middle Passage?

• A trade route between Europe and Asia

• The journey of African slaves to the New World

• A path used by indentured servants to reach America

• A route for transporting manufactured goods to Africa

What was the Triangle Trade?

• A trade route between America, Europe, and Asia

• A system where raw materials, manufactured goods, and slaves were exchanged

• A trade agreement between the colonies and Native Americans

• A route for transporting gold and spices to Europe

Who was Olaudah Equiano?

• A European explorer who discovered America

• An African who wrote about the Middle Passage

• A leader of Bacon’s Rebellion

• A plantation owner in the Caribbean

What were the raw materials from the colonies primarily used for in Europe?

• Building ships

• Creating manufactured goods

• Feeding livestock

• Constructing roads

Which region primarily used slaves brought over on the Middle Passage?

• Northern American colonies

• Southern American colonies and the Caribbean

• European countries

• Asian countries

All of the following were overt resistance to slavery EXCEPT-?

• Fighting and talking back.

• Running away

• Rebellion

• Pretending to be sick

Breaking tools, working slowly, using music and cultural bonds are all what type of resistance to slavery

• Passive

• Overt

What was the “Middle Passage?

• The second leg of a triangular trade route on which slaves were transported across the Atlantic Ocean

• The selling of enslaved people in the slave markets of America

• The process of branding enslaved Africans

• The forced march of enslaved Africans to a European fort