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- 1. Multiple Choice
How long has slavery existed?
since the 1600's
since the 1800's
for the thousands of years
for hundreds of years
- 2. Multiple Choice
What was the Atlantic Slave Trade?
the name of a slave ship
the tactic slave traders used to acquire captives
the shipment of African captives to the Americas
the marketplace in Atlantic City where slaves were sold
- 3. Multiple Choice
What was the "Middle Passage"?
the trip across the ocean
the escape route the slaves often took
the trip to the slave ship
the trip to the market
- 4. Multiple Choice
How did slave traders obtain slaves?
bought them from their King
kidnapped them
bought them from the victors of a war
all of the above
- 5. Multiple Choice
Captives were trained to be slaves in the Bahamas.
true
false
- 6. Multiple Choice
When the Dutch ship brought the first slaves to the English colonies in North America, how many of the captives had survived the trip?
20
100
- 7. Multiple Choice
How many captives were slave ships built to hold?
150-600
1,520-1,800
21-90
50-100
- 8. Multiple Choice
Where were captives kept before boarding slave ships?
in underground rooms
in big cages
in deep pits
in coastal forts
- 9. Multiple Choice
Where were captives kept during the voyage to the Americas?
in their own private rooms
in the cargo hold
on the deck
in the iron cages
- 10. Multiple Choice
Specifically, how were the captives held on the slave ships?
chained lying horizontally on platforms
chained standing vertically to the walls
in iron cages
handcuffed to iron bars
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