During the Seventeenth Century,indentured Servitude at First Seemed the Best

question 42

Multiple Choice

During the seventeenth century,indentured servitude at first seemed the best solution to the labor shortage.What was NOT one of the underlying reasons for this?

• A) The Indian population proved to be an unreliable work force because they died in such large numbers.
• B) African slaves cost too much money.
• C) Many poor Englishmen were willing to mortgage their labor in exchange for passage to America.
• D) Slaves was impossible to obtain.
• E) Settler families procreated too slowly.

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Definitions:

Linguistic Relativity

The hypothesis that the structure of a language affects its speakers' world view or cognition, and thus people's perceptions are relative to their spoken language.

Morphemes

The smallest units of language that carry meaning, which can be words themselves or parts of words, such as prefixes or suffixes.

Phonemes

The basic units of sound in a language that distinguish one word from another, for example, the difference between the p in "pat" and the b in "bat".

Phonemes

The smallest units of sound in a language that can distinguish between meanings of words.