US history pertaining to the birth of the slave trade?

Which of the following was NOT part of the royal african company's slave trade?

A)slaves from africa to the carribean

B)sugar from the carribean to england

C)tobacco and rice from north america to africa

D)textiles and iron goods from england to africa

E)gold from africa to england



The first europeans to engage extensively in the african slave trade were the

A)Dutch

B)French

C)Italians

D)Spanish

E)Portuguese



By the 1730's ______ ships controlled the largest share of the african slave trade were the



A)Dutch

B)Portuguese

C)Spanish

D)British

E)French



The first European outpost on the sub-Saharan African coast was



A)Accra.

B)Timbuktu.

C)Goree.

D)Gambia.

E)Elmina



Europeans enslaved Africans through



A)trade with Arabs.

B)raids deep into the African interior along the major rivers.

C)African merchants along the coast.

D)raids on small coastal villages.

E)treaty arrangements with local rulers.



Forty percent of the enslaved crossing the Atlantic came from



A)the Congo-Angola hinterland.

B)Senegal.

C)Yoruba.

D)Calabar.

E)the Slave Coast



The ultimate decision when to begin the Atlantic crossing of a slave ship was made by



A)officials of trading companies.

B)contracts with potential slave buyers.

C)local African rulers.

D)the ship's captain.

E)African traders.



Of the various stages from freedom in Africa to slavery in the Americas, the highest mortality rate came during the



A)initial phase of capture.

B)long journey from captivity inland to slave castles on the coast.

C)middle passage of crossing the Atlantic.

D)close confinement of the coffles.

E)adjustment to the harsh conditions of plantation labor.





The largest number of slaves went to



A)Brazil.

B)North American colonies.

C)Jamaica.

D)Guadeloupe.

E)Haiti



The smallest concentration of slaves was found in



A)Barbados.

B)Colombia.

C)Spanish colonies.

D)Brazil.

E)North American colonies.



At the time of the American Revolution, ________ percent of the population were of African origin.



A)10 B) 20 C) 30 D) 40 E) 45





By 1700, race slavery



A)barely tolerated in Europe.

B)was accepted throughout the mainland colonies.

C)was practiced widely, but still was not fully accepted as legitimate.

D)had been rejected by the New England colonies.

E)survived only where cash crops were an important part of the economy.



The highest proportion of enslaved workers occurred in



A)Maryland.

B)South Carolina.

C)bustling seaports like New York or Philadelphia.

D)Virginia.

E)Georgia.



"The Ellis Island of black America" was in



A)Delaware.

B)Maryland.

C)Philadelphia.

D)Virginia.

E)South Carolina.US history pertaining to the birth of the slave trade?
C)tobacco and rice from north america to africa
E)Portuguese
D)British
E)Elmina
C)African merchants along the coast.
E)the Slave Coast