Who stood to gain the most from the slave trade?
a) investors in slave ships and plantations
b) slave ship captains and crew
c) African kings dealing with Europeans
d) slave catchers in inland Africa
Answer: a
You might also like to view...
The text authors describe actor John Wayne as a cultural icon representing such "western" values as rugged individualism, laissez-faire economics, chiseled masculinity, independent action, and political conservatism
Who among Hollywood actors would stand on the opposite end of the spectrum from John Wayne? What cultural values would he or she represent?
Which of the following countries were new imperial powers in the late nineteenth century?
A. Russia and Japan B. Russia and China C. Japan and China D. Japan and the United States
During his second term, President Eisenhower
a. no longer trusted his vice president, Richard Nixon, to lend assistance. b. hoped that he would be able to win a third term. c. took a more active personal role in governing. d. believed that the civil rights movement needed his personal involvement if it were to succeed. e. recognized that only he had the experience to deal with the Soviets.
All of the following made it possible for Charlemagne to create himself as an emperor except
a. taking over the Kingdom of the Lombards. b. launching an assault to overthrow the Empress Irene in Constantinople. c. the Carolingian dynasty transformed the idea of kingship in the West. d. styling the Carolingian king as defender of the Church. e. the diminished splendor and military.