By the Eighteenth Century, Many Europeans Began to Try to Provide

question 54

Multiple Choice

By the eighteenth century, many Europeans began to try to provide a rationale for the institution of slavery based predominantly on what grounds?

• A) Religious beliefs, as many asserted that African "heathens" deserved to be enslaved
• B) The purported mental and spiritual inferiority of African people
• C) Historical precedent, pointing to slavery as a "natural" practice that dated back to ancient Rome
• D) The claim that contact with European religion and culture had a civilizing effect on so-called primitive peoples

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Definitions:

Partial Lack

A situation where there is a deficiency or insufficiency of something, but it is not completely absent.

Cones

Photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that are responsible for color vision and function best in relatively bright light.

Male Population

Refers to the portion of the population that identifies as male or is assigned male at birth.

Tritanopia

A rare form of color blindness in which there is an inability to distinguish between blue and yellow colors, due to the absence or malfunction of blue cone photoreceptors.