one paper mcqs

(A) Unlike Arab slave merchants, those involved in the Atlantic slave trade were motivated by religion. (B) Slaves taken for the Atlantic slave trade had no prospect of eventual liberty, but slaves taken by Arab merchants did. (C) Slaves taken for the Atlantic trade were predominantly female; slaves taken by Arab merchants were mostly male. (D) Slaves taken by Arab merchants were likely to have a shorter life span than those taken for the Atlantic trade.Explanation: According to the end of the excerpt, the North African slaves could look forward to the possibility of freedom. While all slave trade was motivated by profit, the passage indicates that the North Africans rationalized the capture of Africans who were considered idolaters (A). West African slaves were predominantly male; North African slaves were predominantly female (C). Slaves doing plantation work in the Caribbean had a notoriously shorter life span, and most of those slaves came from West Africa (D).

(A) Seizing all peasants busy cultivating their fields (B) With orders to attack places without defenses (C) Four hundred slaves, of whom three hundred were women (D) All of you [soldiers], are summoned . . . to hunt the idolatrous KoholanesExplanation: Specifying that captives were “idolatrous” makes it clear that the slavers were working off a religious premise. Choices A, B, and C all refer to the capture of slaves, not to their ultimate destination or purpose and not to their religious beliefs.

(A) Elites’ homes or harems in the Middle East (B) Sugar plantations in Brazil (C) Cotton plantations in North America (D) Slave armies of the Mughal EmpireExplanation: Because the slaves were predominantly women and had been captured by Arabs, they were most suited for domestic service or harems. Sugar plantations (B), cotton plantations (C), and armies (D) all favored physical strength, resulting in a preference for males. Arabs did not engage in the Atlantic slave trade, but sold slaves primarily in the Middle East.

(A) Africans passively accepted their capture and subsequent enslavement. (B) North Africans were primarily captured and enslaved by rival African tribes. (C) Population changes from slavery resulted in North African tribes having more men than women. (D) Adult male slaves were most highly valued due to their physical strength.Explanation: The passage specifies that more women than men were enslaved, and also that women slaves brought more profit. This would result in tribes with an overpopulation of men. The passage refers to the resistance of slaves (A), and their prices indicate the possibility of escape. The captors in the passage were primarily Arab (B), as indicated by the introduction. Women were more highly valued than men because of their beauty, as indicated in the price lists (D).

(A) The rejection of the League of Nations by the French and the British (B) Germany’s resentment at having to accept blame for World War I (C) Italy’s resentment at losing the territory it had won (D) The dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian EmpireExplanation: The so-called war guilt clause forced Germany to agree that it was solely responsible for World War I, creating German anger and resentment toward the other European nations at the conference. Both France and Britain joined the League of Nations (A). Italy did not lose territory in World War I, although it did in World War II (C). The Austro-Hungarian Empire’s dissolution played no role in the hostilities leading up to World War II (D).

(A) NATO (B) The United Nations (C) The alliance system (D) The Marshall PlanExplanation: In theory, the United Nations was the successor to the League of Nations. Founded after World War II, it promoted peaceful international relations, acted as an arbiter in international disputes, and called for its member nations to solve sociocultural, economic, and political (humanitarian) problems around the world.