Author Question: The term middle passage refers to the movement of enslaved Africans A. from the coastal regions ... (Read 78 times)

panfilo · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The largest contingent of immigrants during the colonial period were the

A. Palatinate Germans.

B. Irish Catholics.

C. Moravians and Mennonites.

D. Scotch-Irish.

E. French Huguenots.

Question 2

During the seventeenth century, the Royal African Company of England

A. lowered the prices of slaves in order to increase their sale in the North American colonies.

B. sent the majority of its enslaved Africans directly to the Chesapeake colonies.

C. deliberately restricted the supply of slaves to the North American colonies.

D. would only ship adult African men in the slave trade.

E. stopped importing slaves directly from Africa.

Question 3

The total number of Africans forcibly brought to all of the Americas as slaves is estimated to have been as many as

A. 7 million.

B. 4 million.

C. 11 million.

D. 19 million.

E. 26 million.

Question 4

The term middle passage refers to the movement of enslaved Africans

A. from the coastal regions of colonies to their interiors.

B. from Africa to Europe.

C. between individual North American colonies.

D. from Africa to the New World.

E. from the Caribbean to the mainland colonies.