AAST 215 Final Exam - Prof. O – EWU QUESTIONS AND
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Researchers have found that Africans were the first humans to engage in the iron smel ng
process to make tools and other func onal items. (True or False) - Ans True
Originally, the status of free or slave for Black children could be determined if their mother
converted to Chris anity and was free, but laws were enacted which ensured the enslavement
of Blacks regardless of their mother's conversion to Chris anity. (True or False) - Ans True
Maroons were Africans who helped White enslavers capture other Africans. (True or False) -
Ans False
Sexual intercourse between Black and White couples produced perhaps as much as 1/4 to 1/3
of the children born out of wedlock in Maryland and Virginia during the 1600s. (True or False) -
Ans True
Tunka-Menin was the most important leader of the West African kingdom of Ghana. (True or
False) - Ans False
"Breaking in" or the "seasoning process" was the name of the training process for which
Whites, who helped to control Blacks on planta ons, had to go through before they were
permi4ed to oversee Blacks. (True or False) - Ans False
On the con nent of Africa, Africans enslaved other Africans for life and considered them cha4el
(human ca4le or property) the same way Europeans enslaved Africans. (True or False) - Ans
False
, White enslavers a4empted to make White indentured servants, poor Whites, and Na ve
Americans (so-called Indians) slaves before they singled out Africans for slaves. (True or False) -
Ans True
Based on their belief in the primi ve cultural development of Africans, European's ini al (first)
interest in Africa was to acquire African slaves. (True or False) - Ans False
One historian es mates that the number of enslaved Africans transported from Africa during
the Middle Passage was as high as 12.5 million. (True or False) - Ans True
15 percent of Blacks died in the first 3 to 4 years during the "seasoning" or "breaking in"
process. (True or False) - Ans False
Gold was an important part of the economic prosperity of Ghana. (True or False) - Ans True
White leaders in colonial America became afraid of poor Whites and Blacks joining in protest
and rebellion of their mistreatment by the leadership class. Because of instances such as
Bacon's Rebellion and the murders in New York in 1741 of poor Whites and Blacks based on
rumors of rebellion resulted in strict laws that separated Blacks and Whites to break up class-
based organizing. (True or False) - Ans True
Bishop Bartolomeo De las Casas argued for Africans to be brought into the Caribbean Islands to
replace the "Indians" as slaves. (True or False) - Ans True
The African explorer who opened up Florida for Spain is Estevanico/Esteban/Estevan. (True or
False) - Ans True
The first twenty Blacks in Jamestown, Virginia were classified as servants/indentured servants.
(True or False) - Ans True
ANSWERS NEWEST RATED A+ 2025/2026!! 100%
VERIFIED CORRECT
Researchers have found that Africans were the first humans to engage in the iron smel ng
process to make tools and other func onal items. (True or False) - Ans True
Originally, the status of free or slave for Black children could be determined if their mother
converted to Chris anity and was free, but laws were enacted which ensured the enslavement
of Blacks regardless of their mother's conversion to Chris anity. (True or False) - Ans True
Maroons were Africans who helped White enslavers capture other Africans. (True or False) -
Ans False
Sexual intercourse between Black and White couples produced perhaps as much as 1/4 to 1/3
of the children born out of wedlock in Maryland and Virginia during the 1600s. (True or False) -
Ans True
Tunka-Menin was the most important leader of the West African kingdom of Ghana. (True or
False) - Ans False
"Breaking in" or the "seasoning process" was the name of the training process for which
Whites, who helped to control Blacks on planta ons, had to go through before they were
permi4ed to oversee Blacks. (True or False) - Ans False
On the con nent of Africa, Africans enslaved other Africans for life and considered them cha4el
(human ca4le or property) the same way Europeans enslaved Africans. (True or False) - Ans
False
, White enslavers a4empted to make White indentured servants, poor Whites, and Na ve
Americans (so-called Indians) slaves before they singled out Africans for slaves. (True or False) -
Ans True
Based on their belief in the primi ve cultural development of Africans, European's ini al (first)
interest in Africa was to acquire African slaves. (True or False) - Ans False
One historian es mates that the number of enslaved Africans transported from Africa during
the Middle Passage was as high as 12.5 million. (True or False) - Ans True
15 percent of Blacks died in the first 3 to 4 years during the "seasoning" or "breaking in"
process. (True or False) - Ans False
Gold was an important part of the economic prosperity of Ghana. (True or False) - Ans True
White leaders in colonial America became afraid of poor Whites and Blacks joining in protest
and rebellion of their mistreatment by the leadership class. Because of instances such as
Bacon's Rebellion and the murders in New York in 1741 of poor Whites and Blacks based on
rumors of rebellion resulted in strict laws that separated Blacks and Whites to break up class-
based organizing. (True or False) - Ans True
Bishop Bartolomeo De las Casas argued for Africans to be brought into the Caribbean Islands to
replace the "Indians" as slaves. (True or False) - Ans True
The African explorer who opened up Florida for Spain is Estevanico/Esteban/Estevan. (True or
False) - Ans True
The first twenty Blacks in Jamestown, Virginia were classified as servants/indentured servants.
(True or False) - Ans True
