Author Question: The Spanish turned to the use of Africans for labor on New World plantations because: A) slave ... (Read 60 times)

asan beg · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

About half of the slaves imported to the New World between 1701 and 1810 were delivered to:

A) Brazil.
B) the Caribbean.
C) British North America.
D) Mexico.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the West African societies that many slaves were taken from to the New World?

A) marriage and family system
B) sophisticated agricultural methods
C) elaborate trade networks
D) most West Africans belonged to a single ethnic group

Question 3

Locations such as Madeira, Barbados, Jamaica, and Haiti illustrate the commercial connection between slavery and:

A) tobacco.
B) cotton.
C) sugar.
D) rice.

Question 4

The Spanish turned to the use of Africans for labor on New World plantations because:

A) slave labor was cheaper than Indian labor.
B) labor-intensive rice production increased.
C) Africans resisted less than natives.
D) native populations had declined too rapidly to provided needed labor.