The majority of slaves worked ________

A) in industry
B) as skilled tradesmen
C) as house servants
D) as field workers
E) in restaurants, hotels, and saloons


Answer: D

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A) They wanted to keep the colonies Catholic. B) They limited migration because they did not want to lose population. C) They had a liberal policy for both English and foreign nationals. D) They allowed only English-speaking Protestant settlers.

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One of the main ways that Roman culture was spread throughout the Mediterranean world was

a. through the popularity of traditional Roman religion. b. through the spread and popularity of Roman pottery. c. through Roman soldiers, who often married local women and settled where they had been stationed. d. through the way Romans compelled subject peoples to adopt their culture.

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One disorienting effect of the ruinous European diseases introduced into the Western Hemisphere was the loss of what for the native Americans?

a. the ability to move about the lands without constraint b. clean and clear drinking water c. wild game leading to adoption of vegetarian diets of less protein d. cultural and historical knowledge of elders and storytellers

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What sixteenth-century European upheaval had a profound impact upon England’s settlement of the New World?

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