Unlike the Portuguese or Spanish, the Dutch in Southeast Asia cared little about
a. Profits
b. Spices
c. Converting people to Christianity
d. Coffee
e. Dividing and conquering
Ans: c
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a. organize a Republican party b. ratify the Fourteenth Amendment c. give freed slaves the right to vote d. provide land and an education for former slaves e. protect black religious freedom
Why did Africans enslave other Africans and sell them to Europeans?
A) Africans viewed other Africans in terms of racial solidarity and wanted to help them. B) Warfare among African tribes led to selling defeated tribes to make money and to get rid of opponents. C) African leaders were forced by their own people under threat of annihilation to sell other Africans to the Europeans. D) Africans wanted to move to Europe and create colonies.
During the Gupta period, India developed an extensive land and sea trading network by exporting what products largely in exchange for Chinese silk and Indonesian spices?
a. Silk, spices, and porcelain b. Cotton cloth, ivory, metalwork, and animals c. Slaves, sugar, and lapis lazuli d. Cattle, blue dye, and sandalwood e. Religious implements, incense, and paraffin
Argentine women were granted the right to vote and hold office in 1947, largely because
A) Perón's wife, Evita, was a fervent feminist who pressured her husband to support women's equality. B) they were 45 percent of industrial workers and demanded their political and civil rights. C) Perón's conservative Catholic government expected women's vote to favor the Church. D) the U.S. government had pressured Perón to show his commitment to democracy.