Which of the following statements concerning slavery on the continent of Africa before the arrival of the Europeans is most accurate?
a. Most African societies were egalitarian—that is, most people enjoyed the same social status—and slavery was generally unknown.
b. In many African societies, the control of slaves was one of the few ways in which individuals or lineages could increase their wealth and status.
c. While common elsewhere in Africa, slavery was not common in the forest states of west Africa prior to the coming of the Europeans.
d. Slavery in Africa was restricted to those areas where Islamic influence had introduced the concept in the period after the 7th century.
e. Slavery had virtually been abolished in Africa before the arrival of the Europeans due to tribal and clan conflicts.
Answer: B
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AP World History Chapter 20
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- Which of the following statements concerning resistance to slavery is most accurate?
- Which of the following statements concerning the ending of the slave trade is most accurate?
- Which of the following statements concerning the volume of the slave trade to the American colonies is most accurate?
- What area of Africa was least affected by the slave trade?
- What region in the Americas received more slaves than any other between 1550 and 1850?
- What was the average mortality rate for slaves shipped to the Americas in the Atlantic slave trade?
- How did the profitability of the slave trade compare to that of other contemporary business ventures?
- In what way did the European slave trade enable centralizing states to expand more rapidly?
- Which of the following was a large African state that developed in western Africa during the period of the Atlantic slave trade?
- What was the impact of the Mfecane?
- Why were Africans sought for plantation labor in the Americas?
- Which of the following statements concerning the early Portuguese trade forts is most accurate?
- What was the African contribution to the "Colombian Exchange"?
- The slave voyage to the Americas was referred to as the
- In 1652 what group established a colony at the Cape of Good Hope?
- What was the average profitability of the English slave trade in the late 18th century?
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- What was the political impact of the presence of Europeans on the African coast?
- In what century did the Atlantic slave trade reach its zenith in terms of numbers of Africans exported?
- One of the unique features of the east African coast that differed from west Africa was
- Usuman Dan Fodio's rebellion eventually led to the formation of what caliphal state?
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