Volume 1 Chapter 3 Quiz

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. Popular Hollywood movies that treat slavery tend to omit what key aspects of this inhumane practice?

Its deep history and ubiquitous worldwide scope correct incorrect

Its cultural dimensions correct incorrect

Its economic dimensions correct incorrect

Its stories of resistance and freedom correct incorrect

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. One measure of just how morally accepted slavery was across the premodern world is the astonishing fact that____________.

All premodern societies practiced slavery correct incorrect

Slaves rose to great prominence in many premodern societies correct incorrect

No ancient philosopher, and none of the founders of the world's most practiced religions condemned it correct incorrect

Slavery was practiced by several of the founders of world religions correct incorrect

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. Why did the author choose Richard Haselton and Malik Ambar to serve as the "guides" for this chapter?

Their life stories are dramatic and memorable correct incorrect

They were both born into slavery correct incorrect

They both rose to become military leaders correct incorrect

They offer examples of slavery beyond the Atlantic slave trade correct incorrect

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. According to Islamic jurisprudence, what two types of people were allowed to be enslaved?

non-believers and Black people correct incorrect

war captives and those born to a slave mother correct incorrect

Christians and heretics correct incorrect

war captives and Christians correct incorrect

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. In the context of this chapter, what do the Mamluk Dynasty, the Delhi Sultanate, and the Ottoman Empire all have in common?

They were all participants in the Atlantic slave trade correct incorrect

They all widely practiced plantation slavery correct incorrect

They all practiced military slavery correct incorrect

They all purchased slaves from the great trading center of Baghdad correct incorrect

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. Why was Richard Haselton subjected to the Inquisition after he surrendered to authorities on the Spanish island of Formentera?

Haselton had converted to Islam during his captivity in Algiers, and Formentera was Catholic correct incorrect

Haselton had converted to Protestantism during his captivity in Algiers, and Formentera was Catholic correct incorrect

Haselton was Catholic, and Formentera was Protestant correct incorrect

Haselton was Protestant, and Formentera was Catholic correct incorrect

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. Evidence that Malik Ambar had risen in power and status in India is supported by ___________.

His daughter's marriage to a prince of Ahmednagar correct incorrect

His daughter's marriage to the prime minister of Ahmednagar correct incorrect

His daughter's marriage to a Mughal prince correct incorrect

His career as a military leader in the Mughal Empire correct incorrect

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. The key difference between the slavery Haselton experienced on the Barbary coast, and the plantation slavery of the Atlantic world is:

Haselton was Christian, while most enslaved Africans brought to the Americas were Muslim correct incorrect

Haselton was Protestant, and most enslaved Africans brought to the Americas were Catholic correct incorrect

Haselton was white, and most enslaved Africans brought to the Americas were Black correct incorrect

Haselton could not hope to be ransomed, while enslaved Africans brought to the Americas were sometimes ransomed correct incorrect

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. Which legal system had the most influence on systems of slavery across large parts of Afro-Eurasia?

Roman correct incorrect

Islamic correct incorrect

Jewish correct incorrect

Indian correct incorrect

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. Only once in human history was slavery condemned and attacked by a strong ethical and political movement. When did this movement flourish?

The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries correct incorrect

The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries correct incorrect

The nineteenth and twentieth centuries correct incorrect

The twentieth and twenty-first centuries correct incorrect