Which of the following was true of slavery in West Africa?
A) It was always a permanent condition.
B) It was more common in the forest region than in the savannah.
C) Slaves had no legal rights whatsoever.
D) Some slaves owned property and held positions of power.
Answer: D
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A. economic losses caused by stock market speculation. B. a lack of investment capital. C. the beginning of the Dustbowl. D. a loss of income caused by falling food and fiber prices.
Why was William Howard Taft an unpopular president? Why did Roosevelt challenge him in 1912?
What will be an ideal response?
The Greeks differed from the monarchies of Asia and Africa because
A) the Greeks elected their kings. B) they were restricted by powerful priesthoods. C) the Greeks were not religious. D) every Greek citizen could vote. E) the Greeks believed answers to important questions lay in human resourcefulness and speculation.
Herbert Spencer and Thomas Huxley were similar in __________
A. being related closely to Darwin's work B. criticizing the institutions but not the teachings of the organized churches C. that both originated theories concerning the mechanism of evolution D. arguing against Social Darwinism