HIUS 221 Module Week 2 Mindtap Activities complete solutions correct answers key

Liberty University HIUS 221 Module Week 2 Mindtap Activities complete solutions correct answers key

2.3 The Rise of New World Slavery

Determine which statements accurately describe the changing colonial world of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Check all that apply.

Plantation owners fathered children with their slaves, which gave rise to a new class of people in the New World.

African cultural traits, such as music and religion, transformed Brazil.

The year 1552 marked the first year that African slaves were brought to Caribbean islands.

Determine which statements accurately describe the changing colonial world of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Check all that apply.

Saharan and sub-Saharan Africa were sparsely populated.

The Kingdom of Kongo was central to the Portuguese slave trade.

Brazil’s indigenous population was replaced by an African population

Which of the following statements describe slavery in the New World, as opposed to in Africa? Check all that apply.

The children of slaves were not born into bondage and were considered free.

Slavery wasn’t limited to criminals and other prisoners.

Slaves were strictly separated from their masters and forced to labor under brutal conditions.

Which of the following factors led to the growth of the Atlantic slave trade? Check all that apply.

The decline in the supply of native Caribbean workers caused by plantation owners

The declining belief in Christianity throughout Europe

The increased European appetite for sugar

Which of the following best describes the theory shared by some historians as to why the practice of polygyny arose within some African communities?

Slave traders felt responsible for the high percentage of African children transported to the New World so married multiple African women in order to better care for them

Because of the length of time required for slave ships to travel the Middle Passage, slave traders formed unions with female slaves

The slave trade, which diminished the adult male population in West Africa by an estimated 20%, led to an imbalance in the male-to-female ratio in this region

Which of the following aspects of British culture were used to justify the practice of slavery? Check all that apply.

The British believed that Africans were inferior because they were not Christians.

The British thought that the dark skin of Africans was evidence that they were impure and therefore inferior.

British society was hierarchical, and the British believed that those on top had dominion and control over the people and things on the bottom

Which segment of the West African population accounted for more than half of those taken as slaves to the New World?

Women

Children

Adult men

Because of a nearly 20% reduction in the adult male population of western Africa caused by the slave trade, which of the following occurred?

A drastic decrease in the total number of marriages taking place

An imbalance in the male-to-female ratio within some communities

European men moving to these communities to take African wives

According to this clip, how was ownership of slaves indicated?

Through tattoos of their owner’s initials or some other distinctive mark

Through branding, the searing of identifying marks on individuals’ flesh

Through a pattern of cuts inflicted upon their upper arms

What was one of the duties of a slave ship doctor?3

Branding each slave with his or her new owner’s mark

Distinguishing the living from the dead each morning

Ensuring that slaves arrived at their destination in healthy condition

What does the film assert about Africans’ treatment on the slave ships?

They were treated as inanimate cargo

They were treated as livestock rather than as humans

They were treated roughly but humanely because they were a valuable commodity

What does the video assert was often expected of slaves who had suffered a beating?

To refuse any offers of help in treating their wounds

To work twice as hard and long in order to avoid further punishment

To kneel before their abuser and profess thanks for such just treatmen

What does this film indicate about the black (slave) experience in Brazil?

They were prevented from maintaining their own culture at all costs and instead forced to adopt that of their oppressors

They refused to obey plantation owners unless they were afforded some opportunity to practice their own customs and rituals

They were torn between two worlds—the Christian world of whites and their own native world of music, culture, and religious belief

Select the correct response from each dropdown menu to complete the sentence.

The film suggests that ultimately led to slaves the treatment they were subjected to by the Portuguese.

What does this film indicate about slavery in Brazil as compared with that in the American South?

African culture became more deeply entrenched in American culture than in Brazilian culture

More slaves were taken to Brazil and over a longer period of time than to the American South

More slaves were taken to the American South and over a longer period of time than to Brazil

Select the correct response from each dropdown menu to complete the sentence.

According to this film, a number of slave owners slaves wishing to maintain their cultural rituals because they felt it would make them.

What assertion does the film make about African slaves and culture?

Africans were better able to preserve their culture in Brazil than in Africa itself

Africans taken to Brazil were less resistant than slaves taken to other colonies

African culture was more compatible with Brazilian than with North American native cultures

Select the correct response from each dropdown menu to complete the sentence.

This film indicates that the suffered a great deal of stress and tension, often facing each new day not knowing if.

3.3 Natives and Newcomers

Which of the following statements accurately describe the relationship between settlers and native peoples in the Spanish colonies of North America? Check all that apply.

Tribes like the Erie grew rich selling beaver pelts to Spanish traders.

The Spanish attempted to convert the native peoples of Florida to Christianity.

Southwestern tribes like the Apache disliked cattle but embraced the horse.

Tribes like the Pawnee adopted the plow and Spanish forms of agriculture.

Which European cultural practices were accepted by Native Americans in the Southwest, particularly by local native leaders? Check all that apply.

European-style schools

The raising and eating of chickens

European-style houses

The Spanish language

After nearly thirty years of periodic warfare, how did the ongoing conflict between the Virginia colonists and the Powhatan confederacy end?

The Powhatans surrendered and were assimilated into the English colony at Jamestown

Captain John Smith kidnapped two tribe members, forcing the Powhatan leader to beg the English to let the men go

The Powhatans surrendered and signed a treaty with the British, defining where the Native Americans would live

True or False: After King Philip’s War, the Algonquians were forced entirely from New England and moved west into the Ohio Valley.

True or False: King Philip’s War ended partly because some Native Americans helped the colonial government to turn back the Algonquian attack.

Which factors led to the eruption of tensions between the Pueblos and Spanish settlers in the years leading up to the Pueblo Revolt? Check all that apply.

The murder of the shaman Popé

Enforced Christianity

A severe drought in Florida

Spanish punishment for outlawed rituals

Which of the following best summarizes the legal concept of vacuum domicilium, which was cited by some British settlers as justification of their policy of land ownership?

The Native Americans are entitled to live on remnants of traditional tribal lands

God gave the English king the right to rule over North America

Unoccupied lands are free to be taken

Study the map illustrating interactions between Native Americans and Europeans in the seventeenth century. Click the name of each region to zoom in, and open the legend in the lower-right corner to display detailed information

Which of the following best describes the location of Hudson’s Bay Company trading posts?

Across all areas claimed by the British, Spanish, and French

Amid all areas claimed by the British, including the thirteen colonies

Only in areas claimed by the British close to the Hudson Bay

Comparing only the details of the Spanish portion of the map to the others, you can draw a reasonable conclusion that the Spanish were primarily interested in which of the following?

Establishing new states

Converting native peoples to Christianity

Driving native peoples off the land

Comparing only the details in the colonies portion of the map to the other regions, you can draw a reasonable conclusion that the British were primarily interested in which of the following?

Existing harmoniously beside native peoples

Establishing new states

Trading with native peoples

How did the American Revolution impact the Iroquois?

The Iroquois Confederacy sought to remain separate from a conflict that they saw as only a matter between the British and the American colonists, and therefore the tribes did not fight on either side

The tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy remained united during the conflict as they aligned and fought with the British against the American colonists

The Iroquois Confederacy could not maintain unity and split during the conflict, as some sought to align with the British while others fought on the side of the American colonists

Which of the following regions also contained a scattering of Spanish settlements or missions?

Areas within French land claims

Areas within British land claims

Areas within the thirteen colonies

Which of the following was not a feature of the Iroquois Confederacy that may have influenced the thinking of the Founding Fathers about government?

The Iroquois Confederacy placed great value on the separation of powers within government

The six Iroquois tribes were each given a single vote for the election of a president to govern the Confederacy

The Iroquois Confederacy created a constitution, known as the Gayanashagowa, to govern the six member tribes

Comparing only the details of the Spanish portion of the map to the others, you can draw a reasonable conclusion that the Spanish were primarily interested in which of the following?

Establishing new states

Converting native peoples to Christianity

Driving native peoples off the land

What statement best describes the effectiveness of the Covenant Chain of 1677 between the Iroquois and English settlers?

The Covenant Chain provided a basis for peaceful and stable relationships between the English settlers and the Iroquois Confederacy that was not put to the test

The Covenant Chain recognized the separate and equal status between the Iroquois and the English settlers, particularly on matters related to trade, land rights, and hostilities

The Covenant Chain placed more power in the hands of English settlers concerning land and trade rights, at the cost of limiting the Iroquois Confederacy

3.5 Colonial Society in British North America

New Settlers Welcome!

The Virginia, by charter of King James I, informs the public of an agreement applying to new settlers in. Prosper in farming and trade! For seven years of service, you will receive shares of company stock and parcels of land. Families, your servants, and your slaves are welcome.

Chesapeake Import/Export Co.

James Stewart, Proprietor of Chesapeake Import/Export Co., would like to inform the public he has opened up shop near the. Gentlemen may depend upon him to provide excellent export services and only the highest quality of imported. He guarantees satisfaction to all who employ his services.

Just Arrived

30 men, 25 boys, 15 women, and 10 girls: Negroes, from to South Carolina. Able-bodied and good for planting and harvesting. Care has been taken to keep them free of disease. To be sold aboard the Winward Vessel.

From to Charleston, South Carolina: Captain Green of the Sloop Swain, with a healthy stock of 100 Negroes (70 men and 30 women) skilled in. Auction will begin on Tuesday, the 18th of April. Additional freight to be sold includes sugar.

Announcement

The trials for, who are accused of, will commence on the 27th of July, 1692. Witnesses reported strange occurrences such as spirit possession and young ladies having violent fits.

Hedgewick New England Import/Export

Jim Hedgewick of Hedgewick New England Import/Export wishes to offer the public his intermediary services. Mr. Hedgewick specializes in assisting with trading their goods for imported directly from London. Business transactions will be well executed and handled with the utmost efficiency.

Seeking Workers

Thomas Jackson, plantation owner, is seeking servants to work the land. The work term is for a minimum of . In exchange for work, you will receive .

New Voyage This Month

Captain Joiner of the New England Golden Chassis will sail on the last day of this month for a voyage throughout. Goods to be traded include.

Letter to the Editor

My fellow Gentlemen, on the debate of whether or not it is moral to own slaves, the answer is simple. There are many plantations in the that need tending. With the decrease in the number of, the Southern economy demands that we have access to a strong, large workforce capable of cultivating the land. Negroes have proven quite valuable to the rice industry. They are subordinate to the white man and are well suited to plantation work and manual labor. What good would it do the Negro or the white man to issue the Negro freedom now?