Which of the following statements about West African slavery in the centuries leading up to the arrival of Europeans in that region is most accurate?
a. Slaves could not own property of their own.
b. West African slavery resembled slavery as practiced in the Muslim world.
c. Slavery was a permanent status which could not be transcended either by a slave or a slave’s children.
d. Slavery was an aberration that was almost unknown in most West African societies.
b. West African slavery resembled slavery as practiced in the Muslim world.
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Which of the following is true about women in the war effort during the Civil War?
A) ?Women disguised themselves as men to fight in the army. B) ?Both sides during the war benefited from female spies. C) ?Civilian women provided important information to both Union and Confederate officers. D) ?Confederate women collected silverware and jewelry to donate to the war effort. E) ?All of these are correct.
The Qing employed a “loose rein” or “using barbarians to check barbarians” in respect to the Mongols and the ____________ in the 1720s.
a. Japanese daimyo. b. Ming loyalists on Taiwan. c. Renegade Mencians. d. Tibetan Buddhists.
The immediate cause of Congress's impeachment of President Johnson and attempt to remove him from office was his
a. highly partisan "swing around the circle" in 1866. b. quick readmission of Southern states to the Union in 1866. c. dismissal of Secretary of War Stanton in 1867. d. purchase of Alaska without congressional approval. e. veto of the Freedmen's Bureau bill.
The Phoenician alphabet was based on the Ugarit alphabet
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.