Which of the Following Was True of African Health Care

question 56

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was true of African health care aboard slave ships?

• A) Some physicians aboard slave ships were frauds.
• B) Generally, ship doctors used a primitive form of inoculation to prevent the worst diseases.
• C) Slave ships had adequate and highly sanitary ways of disposing of human waste.
• D) Slavers allowed their captives to avoid eating food.

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Definitions:

Rock Avalanche

High-velocity, turbulent flow of rock, sediment, and soil that results from the collapse of a steep mountain front.

Debris Slide

The downslope movement of soil, weathered sediment, or other unconsolidated material, partly as a sliding, coherent mass and partly by internal shearing and flow.

Rotational Slide

A type of landslide involving the rotational movement of rock or soil along a curved surface, typically caused by the undercutting of a slope or the saturation of soil.

Debris Avalanche

A high-velocity flow of soil, sediment, and rock, commonly from the collapse of a steep mountainside.