Ch 18, The Atlantic System And Africa Question Preview (ID: 36881)
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A main impetus for the introduction of African slavery in the Americas was the
a) introduction of cash crops such as sugar cane
b) need to lower the population in African colonies
c) desire to Christianize the entire region
d) Amerindians' refusal to work for the Europeans
The establishment of plantation agriculture in the Americas was based on the belief that these plantations would
a) be completely self-sufficient and develop products in an efficient manner
b) encourage improved use of the land
c) help to decrease the need for labor
d) benefit everyone who worked on one of them
Particularly in the West Indies, the power resided with
a) the home government in Europe
b) the merchants who purchased crops from the islands
c) the plantocracy on each island
d) the small farmers who produced the food for the islands
One reason for the high volume of slaves transported from Africa to the New World was that
a) French colonial laws allowed for the execution of slaves for minor offenses
b) slaves had a high mortality rate during the first year in the New World
c) thousands of slaves ran away and joined forces with the Indians
d) slaves were inexpensive, and even small farmers owned slaves
The practice of accumulating capital from your colonies and limiting trade with other nations is
a) capitalism
b) mercantilism
c) democracy
d) triangular trade
One reason that many African tribes did not initially fight the Europeans over capturing slaves was that
a) African rulers and merchants exported slaves to obtain foreign goods
b) the Europeans took non-Muslims as slaves
c) they had no weapons that could oppose the Europeans
d) African tribes were overpopulated, and slavery was a way to lower their population
The majority of the slaves in the Islamic world were
a) converts to Islam
b) not permanent slaves
c) soldiers or house servants
d) mistresses kept in harems
In the seventeenth century,
a) most European monarchs were funding colonies in Africa and Asia
b) the importion of slaves from Africa begaan to decline
c) the demand for profits drove new European investors to sink money in long-distance trade and colonial ventures
d) colonial wars forced most monarchs to take direct control of their colonies
Unlike European slave trading, Islamic slave trading
a) was not profitable
b) took more women and children from Africa than men
c) was focused mainly on the sale of slaves to Mughal India
d) was directly linked to the caravan trade
In the English colonies, slavery became more common as
a) the use of indentured servants became more costly
b) the Crown banned the use of indentured servants
c) the price of slaves decreased with the increase in supply
d) mercantilist policies in Europe began to increase
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