In the Chesapeake colonies during the first third of the eighteenth century, conditions for slaves worsened; as a result, slaves only received time off for __________
A) Christmas, Easter, Pentecost
B) Christmas, New Year’s, Easter
C) Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s
D) Christmas, Pentecost, Thanksgiving
Answer: A
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Imagine that you were one of the leaders of the English settlement at Jamestown. What could you have done to lessen the hardships or to prevent the tragedies that took place during the first 15 years of settlement?
What will be an ideal response?
During the chaos of the Warring States period, many intellectuals and philosophers devoted their thoughts to building a safer, more prosperous society. This intelligentsia included all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Mencius, who interpreted and popularized Confucianism, believing that a ruler’s duty was to assure adequate material resources and to model appropriate behavior for his subjects. b. Matteo Ricci, who believed that security comes only from entrusting one’s fate to God. c. Sun Zi (or Sun Tzu), who believed that a well-trained military is the most effective means of assuring peace, devoted his thoughts to finding more effective strategies for conducting warfare d. Xunzi, who also studied Confucian philosophy, but had a very gloomy view of human nature, and believed it would be necessary to govern with strict, rigidly enforced laws.
The chief labor force in the mid-Atlantic colonies during the eighteenth century was made up of ___________
A) African slaves B) indentured servants C) captured Indians D) large landowners
Christopher Columbus called the native people he encountered on his voyages "Indians" because
A. he wanted to hide his discovery from rival explorers. B. he mispronounced their actual name. C. Norse seamen had previously used the term. D. he believed they came from the East Indies in the Pacific. E. it is what the natives called themselves.