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Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 17

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Quiz for Chapter 17: The Atlantic System and Its Consequences, 1700–1750

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1. Based on Equiano’s description of the white men’s treatment of the Africans on the ship (Document 17-1), the Africans were viewed as

helpless victims.

lifeless cargo.

financially valuable.

worthless humans.

2. As revealed by the printed coffeehouse rules and orders (Document 17-2), which of these traits did all patrons of early coffeehouses share?

High social status

Political clout

Significant wealth

The ability to read

3. Which of the following best characterizes the role that Tsar Peter I envisioned for Russian industry and commerce (Document 17-3)?

Promoting a free market economy

Increasing national wealth

Creating a path for social mobility

Stemming the flow of foreign immigration

4. According to Voltaire (Document 17-4), what should be the principal basis of human knowledge and understanding?

Rational investigation

Authority of faith

Academic arguments

Individual beliefs

5. Mary Astell (Document 17-5) challenged women’s customary status in society by arguing that

women and men were inherently different.

all women were superior to all men.

women and men were inherently the same.

some men were superior to all women.