Economic Transformations: Commerce and Consequence, 1450

Chapter 14: Considering the Evidence Documents Quiz

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1. Which of the following statements best describes Equiano's experience of slavery following his kidnapping from his home?

Each owner was as brutal and uncaring as the next.

He was taken directly to the coast where he was sold to Europeans.

His conditions improved once he was sold to the Europeans.

Several Africans who owned him treated him quite well.

Correct. The answer is d. Several owners took him into their households and treated him well.]]

Incorrect. The answer is d. Several owners took him into their households and treated him well.

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2. What aspect of the Middle Passage does “A Journal of a Voyage Made in the Hannibal of London” (Document 14.2) provide more information about than “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano” (Document 14.1)?

The difficult physical conditions that slaves had to endure during the voyage.

The brutal discipline that ship owners used to keep white sailors in line.

The mortality rates for slaves forced to undertake the Middle Passage.

The rations of food given to slaves and crew members on a slave ship.

Correct. The answer is c. Document 14.2 reveals that only 372 slaves disembarked in Barbados of the 700 who left the African coast.

Incorrect. The answer is c. Document 14.2 reveals that only 372 slaves disembarked in Barbados of the 700 who left the African coast.

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3. How did the operation of the slave trade in Kongo as described in “Letters to King Jao of Portugal” (Document 14.3) differ from that of the Kingdom of Whydah described in “A Journal of a Voyage Made in the Hannibal of London” (Document 14.2)?

In Kongo the slave trade was conducted without the involvement of African merchants.

In Kongo the slave trade was conducted without royal support.

In Kongo the king was able to end the slave trade by royal decree.

In Kongo slaves were exclusively drawn from war prisoners.

Correct. The answer is b. The slave trade was conducted without royal support or direction, and was viewed by the king as detrimental to his kingdom.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The slave trade was conducted without royal support or direction, and was viewed by the king as detrimental to his kingdom.

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4. The following statement reflects the point of view of which African ruler?
“The White men who go to council with your master, and pray to the great God for him, do not understand my country, or they would not say that the slave trade was bad. But if they think it bad now, why did they think it good before?”

King Osei Bonsu

King Alfonso I

King Nzinga Mbemba

The King of Whydah

Correct. The answer is a. This passage records King Bonsu's reaction to news that Britain had ended their slave trade.

Incorrect. The answer is a. This passage records King Bonsu's reaction to news that Britain had ended their slave trade.

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5. For King Alfonso I of Kongo, what threat did the slave trade pose to his political authority?

He feared a slave revolt.

Some of his subjects grew richer through the slave trade than the king himself.

He could not raise an army because so many of his male subjects had been sold as slaves.

He feared an imminent Portuguese conquest of his kingdom.

Correct. The answer is b. Some of his subjects accumulated more European goods than the king and used the power and status gained from the goods to disregard royal authority.]]

Incorrect. The answer is b. Some of his subjects accumulated more European goods than the king and used the power and status gained from the goods to disregard royal authority.]]

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