The sociopolitical societies of Tahiti and Hawai'i
a. were mainly matrilineal.
b. had no clear social stratification.
c. consisted mainly of hunters.
d. had chiefs who were supported by gifts of food from the lower-ranking population.
e. developed several trade centers in small cities.
d
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Arcangela Tarabotti would most disagree with which of the following statements?
A) [referring to women in Mongolia and Turkey]: "it was their custom never to allow their head to be covered by a more precious headdress than the form of a human foot…." B) "Unfortunate women are those without men to provide the support that remedies their own weakness!" C) "[A woman's] greatest torment and suffering is to find herself subjected to the tyranny and inhumane whims of men." D) "So it is simply not true that man, like staves to the vine, supports the woman who otherwise would fall spineless…."
Which of the following was a long-term consequence of the fugitive slave clause in the Constitution?
A) It led to increasing, protracted regional strife because many northerners resented the fugitive slave clause. B) Southerners defended the clause vigorously because it also included a punitive enforcement mechanism. C) The issue of how to handle fugitive slaves was removed from congressional political debate until just before the Civil War. D) The fugitive slave clause permanently removed the Supreme Court from becoming involved in the fugitive slave issue.
Primary evidence suggests that ninth-century Abbasid caliphs
a. exempted nobles from taxation. b. did not tax their secretaries and personal retainers. c. supported hospices where the sick could gain shelter and medical treatment. d. cared nothing for widows and orphans. e. routinely killed women and children.
What role did Christianity play in Nubia and Aksum?
What will be an ideal response?