Discuss the role of the Portuguese in the slave trade.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
- After Bartholomeu Dias's exploration of the west coast of Africa, it did not take long for European and African traders to extend existing practices of human exploitation that were common on both continents.
- The Portuguese exploitation of African labor was financed principally by a Florentine banker together with a group of financiers from Genoa.
- Over the course of four centuries, the Portuguese transported millions of Africans across the Atlantic on the Middle Passage, which connected Africa to the Americas
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Pianist Bill Evans is known for
A. solo stride piano work. B. rich harmonic sense and rhythmic inventiveness. C. his third stream compositions. D. hard driving modal be-bop and straight eighth note rhythms.
Which is not true about the forces in a dramatic script?
A. They should be relatively evenly balanced. B. They should be strongly opposed. C. They should avoid confrontation with each other. D. They should have both incentive and motivation.