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What was indenture?
A person that works for free
A person that signs a contract and is bound to work for a specific time
A person that signs a contract and makes a lot of money working for a specific time
How long was each Indian required to work in the colonies?
page 107
5 years
10 years
3 years
How did planters prefer to pay the Indians?
page 112
To pay by the day
To pay by the week
To pay after they finished a "task"
What crop did Napoleon order to be planted in France and how many factories were built?
page 114
Sugar cane; 300 factories
Parsnip; 200 factories
Beets; 300 factories
Who was Mohandas K. Gandhi?
page 118
Born in South Africa and was a abolitionist
A lawyer born in India
Master of the indentured servants from India
What was the nickname of the Indians?
page 110
Coolies
Indians
Colored people
Free indentured people
What was the Black Act in South Africa?
page 122
The Indians were given free land
The Indians had to register and be fingerprinted
The Indians were forced to sign a new contract
What is "satyagraha"?
page 123
It means to fight with violence
It means to let people walk all over you and not do anything about it
It means to firmly convince or convert the opponent
What did Gandhi think of indenture?
page 122
He thought it was beneficial to the Indian people because it brought them financial security.
He tolerated it, but knew he couldn't do anything about it.
He said it was as bad as slavery
Which quote best supports the fact that Gandhi did not think indenture was right?
page 121-124
“You were brought to Natal to work”
“There was no doubt in Gandhi’s mind: Indenture was a form of slavery”
“chemist have more to say about how we satisfy the taste than overseers”
Eventually, Gandhi’s leadership led to India doing what in 1947?
page 124
They stayed under British rule
They became the first British colony since the U.S. to break free of foreign rule
They were taken over by the French when France beat Britain in a war
Which statement below explains why the Indian word for "ocean" translates to "black water"?
page 106
When Indians crossed the ocean, they lost everything about themselves becoming unclean and impure.
When Indians crossed the water, they thought it was so muddy and murky that it was black in color.
India shares an ocean with the continent of Africa, and it's called the "black water" because of the dark skin of the native Africans.
What quote gives evidence for why the Hindus feared to cross "the black waters"?
page 106
“leaving India and traveling on the ocean”
“But a person who crossed the black water lost all caste”
“Hindus in India had a very strong sense of their place in their community”
What is the relationship between the Emancipation Bill in 1833 and the sugar plantations?
pages 103-104
It allowed the sugar plantations to grow larger and produce more sugar
It began a new chapter in the story of sugar
It made the plantations close immediately
What quote supports the relationship between the Emancipation Bill in 1833 and the sugar plantations?
page 102-103
“The end of slavery was a great step for human rights.”
Gladstone asked for 100 workers from India to work on his plantations
“depended on extremely cheap labor to keep us with the twenty-four-hour cycle from harvest to mill”
What was the Emancipation Bill?
pages 103-104
Bill passed to make slavery legal
Bill passed to make slaves free after working 3 years
Bill passed to make slavery illegal
Use context clues to find the meaning of the word "idealistic."
last paragraph p. 102
someone who does not believe in God
someone who has committed murder
someone with high, noble morals/ principles
a bad person
Use context clues to find the meaning of "abolition."
page 103, paragraph 3
to begin
to change
to dislike
to end
Use context clues to find the meaning of the word "famine."
page 104, last paragraph
extreme hunger, usually caused by crop failure
religious ceremonies
too much food
lack of sleep
Use context clues to find the meaning of the word "caste."
page 106, first full paragraph
another term for indentured workers
a tool slaves used to plant crops
the type of boat used to transport slaves
role/ placement in society
Use context clues to predict the meaning of the word "subdepot." page 106, last paragraph
a ship station
a place where cut sugarcane is stored
a person who recruited Indian indentured workers
a place where an Indian's caste was decided
Who was John Smith? (page 102)
a plantation owner
a slave who rebelled against his owner
a minister who motivated indentured servants to fight for their freedom
the mayor of Haiti
What was the Middle Passage? (page 108, paragraph 1)
the name of the ship that brought the first slaves to the New World
the journey that brought newly enslaved Africans to the New World
a city in the Caribbean
a place where runaway slaves hid from their masters
Look at the map on page 107. Who had a longer journey to the Caribbean sugar plantations?
Indian Indentured workers
African slaves
The distance was the same.
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