During slavery, African-American folk tales were kept alive primarily through
A) kinship networks.
B) a common language.
C) the encouragement of slave owners.
D) written documents.
E) Christianity.
Answer: A) kinship networks.
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A) the Philippines B) Micronesia C) Sumatra D) Hawaii
The so-called "barren rock" which Great Britain gained as a result of the Opium War was
a. Port Arthur. b. Shanghai. c. Hong Kong. d. Bejing. e. Nanking.
What was the proclaimed war aim as affirmed by the Congress in the summer of 1861?
a. establishing legal equality among whites and blacks b. emancipation c. preservation of the Union d. changing the domestic institutions of the southern states
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Patricia Hill Collins examines the ways in which people participate in global political communities through the use of new technologies. Despite their growth, these communities have no effect on the concentrated power of the privileged in the global political economy. 2. In her example of the Black women and Indian women migrants from Uganda, Purkayastha claims that if they returned to Black-majority Uganda, they would both have more race-based privileges than disadvantages. 3. According to Purkayastha, intersectionality can only retain its explanatory power if researchers include within-country and between-country structures in their analysis. 4. Being able to build transnational lives means that it is possible for groups to be part of the racial majority and minority simultaneously. 5. Color-based hierarchies are losing their relevance as multinational corporations adapt to markets where the majority of the people are nonwhite.