Question 1
The social organization of African societies included
A) kings and noblemen at the top.
B) a great mass of people who worked as farmers.
C) urban craftsmen who supported the elites.
D) All of the above.
Question 2
Africans in West Africa could be enslaved for
A) punishment for crimes.
B) being black.
C) fighting against Europeans.
D) refusing to embrace Islam.
Question 3
In contrast to the fate of Africans enslaved in the Americas, the slaves in West African societies
A) did not suffer a permanently servile condition.
B) transferred slave status automatically to their children.
C) remained uneducated and unwed.
D) lost all legal rights and opportunities for economic advancement.