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Chapter 4 Review
Chapter 4: The Institution of Slavery in North America
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did the Southern colonies rely heavily on enslaved labor? | They had a plantation economy |
| How did enslaved workers resist slavery? | broke tools, organized rebellions, or tried to escape |
| Why did enslaved Africans have little space for themselves while traveling on the Middle Passage? | the ship was tightly packed with other slaves |
| Who were the first Europeans involved in the Atlantic slave trade? | Portuguese |
| Why was demand for enslaved workers lower in New England than in the Southern colonies? | Growing conditions were poor |
| How did cultural diffusion help enslaved Africans shape African American culture? | combined elements from Africa and their new home |
| What do you call the longest part of the journey formerly made by slave ships? | Middle Passage |
| What are any of the set of rules based on the concept that enslaved persons were property, not persons? | Slave Code |
| What is the ownership and forced labor of people and their children as property? | Chattel Slavery |
| What is a large farm in a warm climate that grows crops like cotton or sugarcane, often using enslaved or low-paid workers? | Plantation |
| What goods were transported from the NEW WORLD to EUROPE? | Raw Materials |
| What goods were transported from EUROPE to AFRICA? | Manufactured Goods |
| What goods were transported from AFRICA to the NEW WORLD? | Enslaved Africans |
| What major city did enslaved Africans arrive at due to its access to an ocean harbor? | Charleston |
| What holiday did slaves look forward to the most? | Christmas |
| Which colony’s slave laws were the model for understanding the development of slavery in Colonial America to enforce? | Virginia |
| What is institutionalized? | created and controlled by an established organization established as a common and accepted part of a system or culture |
| What is subsistence farming? | farming whose products are intended to provide for the basic needs of the farmer, with little surplus for marketing |
| What does an overseer do? | oversees/manages the slaves |
| What does it mean to be inhumane? | cruel, lacking mercy |