Explain why some African leaders engaged in the slave trade
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
Answer: The ideal answer should:
a. Note that the slave trade was an existing institution leaving little reason to predict what would occur with the colonization of the Americas.
b. Explain that European demand offered the prospect of high profits for engaging in the slave trade.
c. Describe how the slave trade itself and internal competition from other African kingdoms created a need for more resources and strong militaries.
d. Relate how European powers became more aggressive and in time took military actions against states that resisted.
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With regard to lynching, what pattern was exhibited in the South?
A) Whites were actually lynched in greater numbers but without much of the violence. B) Only blacks were lynched. C) Lynchings were a way to prove white supremacy. D) Lynchings were not an issue most southern blacks worried about.
Aristotle believed the "best political community" should be composed of
a. both men and women. b. the middle class. c. an oligarchy of the best citizens. d. intellectuals. e. the aristocracy
Eighteenth-century parliamentary leaders were less inclined than seventeenth-century English monarchs to exert control over their empire.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which of the following statements are true of a low-context culture?
A) People are easier to get along with. B) Information is presented directly. C) People will use gestures and hand movements more than in a high-context culture. D) Information is presented indirectly.