Hinton Rowan Helper's book, The Impending Crisis of the South, dealt with the problem of the
A) wasteful inefficiency of slave labor.
B) need for southern independence.
C) threat of slave insurrection to the social order of the South.
D) rapidly growing free black population in the Upper South.
A
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a. Ibn Battuta was given a young female slave when he visited the court. b. The people of Mali did not enslave their own countrymen, they captured slaves from the forest belt to the south. c. About five hundred slaves were sold north of the Sahara each year. d. Slaves in Mali were only males. e. Slaves were only captured in war.
Which of the following statements concerning women in Hellenistic society is correct?
a. Hellenistic women were forbidden from accumulating and disposing property. b. Hellenistic women contributed to high culture far more than during the classical era. c. Only royal ladies could hold priestly office. d. New schools of philosophy forbid female participation. e. all of the above
The only Southeast Asian colony with a significant degree of self-government was
a. British Singapore b. Dutch Java c. French Indochina d. British Malaya e. American Philippines
As gold and silver came to be in demand and money markets began to emerge, what else also emerged?
A. Bookkeeping overseen by local lords and the king's household. B. New trading companies and banking firms to manage the exchange and sale of goods. C. An increase of manufacturing that could create more gold and silver. D. New practices that sought to ensure merchants would not gain too much too quickly. E. A less stable life for peasants who found agricultural contributions less valuable.