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Chapter 1 | The Americas, Europe, and Africa Before 1492
7. In 1492, the Spanish forced these two religious groups to either convert or leave.
A. Jews and Muslims
B. Christians and Jews
C. Protestants and Muslims
D. Catholics and Jews
8. How did European feudal society operate? How was this a mutually supportive system?
9. Why did Columbus believe he could get to the Far East by sailing west? What were the problems with this plan?
Critical Thinking Questions
10. The city of ________ became a leading center for Muslim scholarship and trade.
A. Cairo
B. Timbuktu C. Morocco
D. Mali
11. Which of the following does not describe a form of slavery traditionally practiced in Africa?
A. a system in which those in need of supplies or protection give themselves in servitude
B. a system in which debtors repay those whom they owe by giving themselves in servitude
C. a system in which people are treated as chattel—that is, as personal property to be bought and sold
D. a system in which people are enslaved permanently on account of their race
12. The Inca were able to control an empire that stretched from modern Colombia to southern Chile. Which of their various means for achieving such control do you think were most effective, and why?
13. How did the Olmec, Aztec, Inca, Maya, and North American Indians differ in their ways of life and cultural achievements? How did their particular circumstances—geography, history, or the accomplishments of the societies that had preceded them, for example—serve to shape their particular traditions and cultures?
14. What were the lasting effects of the Crusades? In what ways did they provide opportunities—both negative and positive—for cross-cultural encounters and exchanges?
15. Was race identified with slavery before the era of European exploration? Why or why not? How did slavery’s association with race change the institution’s character?
16. What are the differences between the types of slavery traditionally practiced in Africa and the slavery that developed in the New World? How did other types of servitude, such as European serfdom, compare to slavery?
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