This significant nautical invention had a critical impact on the burgeoning Atlantic slave trade during the 1400s
A) the cotton gin
B) the three-cornered sail
C) the compass
D) the anchor
Answer: B
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In what form did the Portuguese use captured slaves until the early sixteenth century?
A) as domestic servants B) as labor in the sugar cane fields of North America C) as soldiers in some of the Europeans' wars of the era D) as teachers of African culture and language for wealthy, young Portuguese children
Why did Lincoln decide to postpone his July 1862 decision to emancipate the slaves?
A) He was considering changing his mind and allowing the South to keep their slaves. B) His cabinet told him to wait for a victory so that the decision would not appear desperate. C) His racist wife and cabinet were attempting to change his mind about emancipation of southern slaves. D) He wanted to wait until Great Britain entered the war on the side of the Union.
The Onin War
A. brought Shitoku Taishi to power. B. drove the Mongols from Japan after only eleven years in power there. C. was the major event which caused the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate in 1256. D. finally restored absolute power to the shogun, Minamoto Yoritomo. E. effectively destroyed the power of the shogunate in the 1470s.
What official role did the Catholic Church play in the persecution of Jews in medieval Europe?
a. It usually organized the persecution. b. It did not often participate but usually looked the other way when persecution took place. c. It assisted the authorities in helping to find out which Jews were responsible for any social disturbances. d. It advocated a separate Jewish state in Europe. e. It played no official role, as only the papal city of Rome left its Jews undisturbed.