Chapter 4: Slavery and Empire, 1441-1770

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The first and most valuable crop raised by slaves in the Americas was:

coffee. sugar.tea. tobacco.

The first modern sugar plantations were established by:

the Portuguesethe Dutchthe Frenchthe Italians.

67 percent of Africans arrived in the Americas between:

1701-18101501-16001801-18611601-1700

In terms of numbers, the least important destination for American slaves was:

the North American mainland. Brazil.Mexico.the Caribbean islands.

	Roughly 150 million Africans were transported to the Americas as slaves.

	True False

	Africans played an active role in the slave trade.
	Africans played an active role in the slave trade.
	True False

	New World slavery was almost two centuries old before it became an important system of labor in North America.

	True False

	The first Africans arrived in Virginia in 1560.
	The first Africans arrived in Virginia in 1560.
	True False

	It is not fair to say that Africans built the South.
	It is not fair to say that Africans built the South.
	True False

	The slave colonies accounted for 95 percent of exports from the Americas to Great Britain between 1714 and 1773.

	True False

Slavery did not stimulate:

the fur trade.banking and insurance.cash crop production.New England shipping.

	Britain sought to limit colonial enterprises that might compete with those at home.

	True False

In the South, the richest ten percent of the population:

were traders living in port cities.was accorded the rights of nobility.controlled over 60 percent of the wealth.owned 80 percent of the land.

	About half of the adult white male population of the South were small planters and farmers.

	True False

	Beginning in 1670, Africans were prohibited from owning Christian servants.

	True False

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Self-Study Quiz: Pretest

The first and most valuable crop raised by slaves in the Americas was:

The first modern sugar plantations were established by:

67 percent of Africans arrived in the Americas between:

In terms of numbers, the least important destination for American slaves was:

Roughly 150 million Africans were transported to the Americas as slaves.

Africans played an active role in the slave trade.

New World slavery was almost two centuries old before it became an important system of labor in North America.

The first Africans arrived in Virginia in 1560.

It is not fair to say that Africans built the South.

The slave colonies accounted for 95 percent of exports from the Americas to Great Britain between 1714 and 1773.

Slavery did not stimulate:

Britain sought to limit colonial enterprises that might compete with those at home.

In the South, the richest ten percent of the population:

About half of the adult white male population of the South were small planters and farmers.

Beginning in 1670, Africans were prohibited from owning Christian servants.