African Slave Trade in Early America Quiz

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Who told King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to finance the colonies in the New World by enslaving Native Americans?

Christopher Columbus

Juan Ponce de Leon

Hernan Cortes

Francisco Pizarro

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How many slaves were purchased by Jamaica?

6,000 slaves

60,000 slaves

600,000 slaves

6,000,000 slaves

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What was a person called who worked to pay off the money they borrowed to go to the New World?

mestizo

Native American

aristocrat

indentured servant

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How many African slaves were sold to the British Colonies?

2,000 slaves

20,000 slaves

200,000 slaves

2,000,000 slaves

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What did the slave traders do when they were running out of water?

they threw slaves overboard

they made them drink salt water

they caught rainwater

they search for an island

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Where did Captain John Hawkins go to capture slaves?

Guinea

Sierra Leone

Central America

Liberia

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Which African state captured young men and women and sold them to slave ships?

Maasai

Zulu

Himba

Dahomey

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What percentage of slaves died in route to the New World?

10%

25%

30%

50%

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Which two states produced 220 million pounds of tobacco using intensive slave labor?

New York and North Carolina

Virginia and Maryland

Texas and Alabama

Georgia and South Carolina

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What happened to the Native Americans in Central America and on most Caribbean Islands?

they died of typhoid

they were defeated by the French

they were captured and sold to the highest bidder

they became American citizens

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