What role did Arabs play in the maritime trade networks of the Indian Ocean?
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Briefly discuss the geographic regions included in these trade networks, and what kinds of goods were moved. In what directions did goods move? What role did proselytizing play in the Arab interests in trade? Why did Arab dominance of that trade end in the sixteenth century?
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How was the African slave population in the lower South different from in other areas?
A) Slaves were almost exclusively in coastal lands. B) No free blacks were allowed. C) Slaves outnumbered whites. D) The total African American population was less than 20 percent. E) Free blacks made up 3 percent or more.
Which document sparked the Protestant Reformation?
A. the Index of Forbidden Books B. Book of Common Prayer C. Institutes of the Christian Religion D. The Ninety-Five Theses
All of the following were prime goals of earnest progressives except
a. the direct election of senators. b. prohibition. c. women's suffrage. d. ending prostitution and white slavery. e. passing an equal pay and sex discrimination law for women in Congress.
Which part of the United States continued to oppose suffrage for women and African Americans even after most other states had passed universal suffrage laws?
A) the South B) the North C) the West D) the Southwest E) the Midwest