What advantage did the Africans have that actually became a tragic disadvantage?
a. Passive nature
b. Willingness to convert to Islam and Christianity
c. Resistance to European diseases
d. Resistance to tropical diseases
e. Resistance to European and tropical diseases
e
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What caused the population of Europe to swell during the eighteenth century?
a) People were healthier and lived longer. b) Massive internal migration helped populations grow. Consider This: Europeans in this period enjoyed a bigger and more varied diet. See 5.1: A Sudden Acceleration. c) International trade meant exposure to many different germs, improving European immune systems. Consider This: Europeans in this period enjoyed a bigger and more varied diet. See 5.1: A Sudden Acceleration. d) Elites privatized land, increasing their farm sizes, so they never again worried about food shortages. Consider This: Europeans in this period enjoyed a bigger and more varied diet. See 5.1: A Sudden Acceleration.
Until the 1600s, the African slave trade was controlled by
A) Europeans. B) the Spanish. C) the Songhai Empire. D) Muslim traders. E) West African monarchs.
From the more Hellenistic perspective, analyze the transition in the Greek world from polis to cosmopolis
What will be an ideal response?
The religious and social orthodoxy established by the Puritans could not last in New England because:
A) the growth of cities weakened the commitment of New Englanders toward family life. B) Anglicans arrived in New England and started to establish their churches. C) the hinterland towns where the bulk of the New England population lived merged with the bustling economic and social world of New England's cities. D) prosperity weakened the younger generations' commitment to the strict religious practices of their forefathers. E) few colonists resided in New England permanently because of the miserable living conditions.