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AP African American Studies: African Explorers and the Slave Trade: Origins — Drill 7

Drill 7 · Multiple Choice · Unit 2: Freedom, Enslavement, and Resistance

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AP African American Studies: African Explorers and the Slave Trade: Origins — Drill 7 is a Multiple Choice practice drill covering Unit 2: Freedom, Enslavement, and Resistance. It contains 5 original questions created by Brian Stewart, a Barron's test prep author with over 20 years of tutoring experience.

AP African American Studies practice questions on the origins of the transatlantic slave trade, African explorers in the Americas, West African departure zones, and early resistance. AP exam prep aligned to Unit 2 of the College Board CED.

Passage

The following summarizes Juan Garrido's 1538 petition (probanza de méritos y servicios) to the Spanish Crown, in which he requested recognition and reward for his services in the Spanish conquest of the Americas.

Juan Garrido, identified in Spanish colonial records as a free Black man (negro libre), was one of a small number of free Africans who participated in the Spanish exploration and conquest of the Americas in the early sixteenth century. In his 1538 petition to the Spanish Crown, Garrido stated that he had served Spain for thirty years in the Caribbean and the Americas, participating in military expeditions under Hernán Cortés in the conquest of Mexico and in the colonization of Puerto Rico. He also claimed to have planted the first wheat in New Spain. Garrido sought recognition and compensation for his service, framing himself as a loyal conquistador who had earned the rewards typically granted to Spanish-born participants in the conquest.

Summary based on Juan Garrido, probanza de méritos y servicios, 1538 (Archivo General de Indias, Seville).

Questions in This Drill

  1. Which of the following best describes the primary purpose of Juan Garrido’s 1538 petition to the Spanish Crown?
  2. The existence of Juan Garrido in the historical record is most significant to AP African American Studies because it demonstrates which of the following?
  3. Which of the following most directly contributed to the concentration of transatlantic slave trade departure zones in West and West Central Africa?
  4. Scholars studying the transatlantic slave trade have argued that it had transformative effects on West African societies over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Which of the following best supports this claim?
  5. Compared to most enslaved Africans who arrived in the Americas during the height of the transatlantic slave trade, Juan Garrido’s experience in the early sixteenth century was unusual primarily because he