AP World History Chapter 20
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Which of the following statements concerning the shape of the commerce in African slaves is most accurate?

Which of the following statements concerning the shape of the commerce in African slaves is most accurate?




a. The African states of the interior actively resisted the slave trade.
b. The Atlantic slave trade drew slaves from across the African continent and its concentration shifted from Senegambia to central and western Africa over time.
c. Fewer slaves crossed the Atlantic than the Sahara due to the military needs of the Arabic kingdoms.
d. The Atlantic trade drew its slaves almost exclusively from southern Africa until the 19th century.
e. The emergence of the Atlantic slave trade caused the immediate end of the older trans-Saharan slave trade in the hands of the Muslims.





Answer: B

Which of the following statements concerning resistance to slavery is most accurate?

Which of the following statements concerning resistance to slavery is most accurate?





a. Resistance to slavery was experienced on the mainland, but the plantation economies of the Caribbean suffered no rebellions.
b. Although there were one or two slave rebellions in isolated areas, in general there was no organized resistance to slavery.
c. Recalcitrance, running away, and direct rebellion were present wherever slaves were employed.
d. The only consistent location for slave resistance and rebellion was the British colonies of the southern Atlantic coast.
e. Few slaves ever rebelled against their captivity or their owners.





Answer: C

Which of the following statements concerning the ending of the slave trade is most accurate?

Which of the following statements concerning the ending of the slave trade is most accurate?



a. Leadership in the drive to abolish the slave trade was assumed by France.
b. The end of the Atlantic slave trade in the 19th century led to the end of slavery in Africa itself.
c. In general the Enlightenment with its advocacy of free trade accepted the practice even if it did not approve of the slave trade.
d. Rousseau and Smith favored the continuation of slavery but only under certain conditions.
e. While it is true that legitimate products began to replace slaves in the European commerce with Africa, it is difficult to demonstrate a link between economic self-interest and the abolition of the slave trade.






Answer: E

Which of the following statements concerning the volume of the slave trade to the American colonies is most accurate?

Which of the following statements concerning the volume of the slave trade to the American colonies is most accurate?




a. The volume of the slave trade dwindled rapidly after the 17th century because the plantation economies of the Americas collapsed.
b. The volume of the slave trade decreased as mortality rates increased and the American economy shifted to manufacturing.
c. The high volume of the slave trade was a necessity because slave mortality was high and fertility was low leading to a loss of slave population.
d. Demand for slaves continued to remain high due to the competing demand for slaves in Europe.
e. The shift from plantation economies to mining economies in which slaves were not utilized rapidly diminished the American demand for slaves.




Answer: C

How did the profitability of the slave trade compare to that of other contemporary business ventures?

How did the profitability of the slave trade compare to that of other contemporary business ventures?




a. The slave trade was less profitable on the whole than other business ventures because of the high costs and risks involved.
b. The slave trade became increasingly dangerous and risky, so that by the 18th century its returns were minimal and most participants were bankrupted.
c. Profits from the slave trade in the 18th century were so lucrative that capital derived from the trade in human beings was used to capitalize the European Industrial Revolution.
d. The slave trade was little more profitable than most business activities of the age and was not a major source for the Industrial Revolution of Europe.
e. The slave trade was less profitable in the Sahara trade but extremely profitable for the Atlantic slave traders.






Answer: D

In what way did the European slave trade enable centralizing states to expand more rapidly?

In what way did the European slave trade enable centralizing states to expand more rapidly?




a. The slave trade was restricted to the coasts, leaving the political units of interior Africa free of European interference.
b. Slaves were traded for firearms that allowed expanding states to overpower their neighbors, resulting in more slaves.
c. The slave trade declined in the cross-Sahara trade routes leading to the introduction of stronger Muslim kingdoms.
d. The Europeans rapidly created military alliances and added their armies to those of their slave-trading allies.
e. The European slave trade weakened the states of central and western Africa, allowing the centralizing states of eastern Africa to expand without competition.




Answer: B

What was the impact of the Mfecane?

What was the impact of the Mfecane?



a. Greater cooperation between natives and settlers
b. As a result, the Portuguese were able to absorb most of the east African Swahili trading cities.
c. The resulting political disruption sent African groups fleeing before the Zulus into both Portuguese coastal regions and the Boer farms of southern Africa.
d. It destroyed the Bantu peoples of eastern Africa.
e. The Boers were forced out of southern Africa.





Answer: C

Why were Africans sought for plantation labor in the Americas?

Why were Africans sought for plantation labor in the Americas?



a. There was no other labor supply available in the Americas.
b. Native Americans refused to perform the labor and were few in numbers.
c. Africans rapidly expanded their population in the Latin American colonies.
d. Sugar was a crop native to Africa and exported to the Americas from there.
e. West Africans were already familiar with metallurgy, herding, and intensive agriculture whereas Indians were not.






Answer: E

Which of the following statements concerning the early Portuguese trade forts is most accurate?

Which of the following statements concerning the early Portuguese trade forts is most accurate?




a. They were intended as the first step toward inland colonization and domination.
b. The Portuguese trade forts permitted the political control of much of the African interior.
c. The Portuguese trade forts were the nodal points for colonial administration on the model of the American colonies.
d. Most of the forts were established with the agreement or license of local rulers.
e. Where Portuguese trade forts were established, large European colonies rapidly developed.





Answer: D

In 1652 what group established a colony at the Cape of Good Hope?

In 1652 what group established a colony at the Cape of Good Hope?



a. The Dutch East India Company
b. The French Colonial Federation
c. The British East India Company
d. The Ottoman Empire
e. The Royal African Company





Answer: A

What was the political impact of the presence of Europeans on the African coast?

What was the political impact of the presence of Europeans on the African coast?





a. West and central African kingdoms just inland from the forts began to redirect their trade and expand their influence.
b. States were more likely to form in the savanna regions of Africa.
c. State formation in Africa took place on the Indian Ocean coast away from the trade routes established by the Europeans.
d. Strong centralized states began to form on the coastline in close proximity to the European trade forts.
e. Europeans immediately divided up the entire continent and established colonies.





Answer: A
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