Why did the slave trade in Africa begin?
A) Selling captured warriors instead of precious resources kept the Europeans at bay from hopes of conquest.
B) Strong African tribal leaders would not release their precious resources to European traders.
C) It was far easier and more economical for the chiefs to sell captured slaves than undermine the resources of their own villagers.
D) Instead of releasing earthly resources, metals, crops, etc. to the Europeans, they sold captured warriors from competing tribes to the Europeans as slave labor.
E) All of these
E
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A) it was split between the Union and Confederacy. B) it was the largest state in the union. C) the decision to join the Confederacy was not supported by the whole state. D) it's western territory still belonged to Spain.
Proponents of the "large policy" advocated all the following EXCEPT
A) controlling Cuba and the Caribbean. B) acquiring control of naval bases and coaling stations across the Pacific Ocean. C) acquiring a "sphere of influence" in China. D) building a canal through Central America.
Which movement dominated politics in western continental Europe in the 1950s and 1960s?
A) fascism B) Nazism C) de-Stalinization D) Christian Democracy
In general, Indian women gained more freedom when they did what?
a. when they got older b. when they became widows c. when they gave birth to children, especially sons d. when they owned land e. when they owned their own businesses