Write an account of the journey of an African boy of seventeen captured and taken to Brazil as a slave.
Peter, a boy of seventeen, was being taken to brazil as a slave, far away kitaisa, a small village in Africa. Peter had been on a sea voyage before. He was afraid and frightened thinking about his fate. He was aware of the condition of the slaves abroad. He had seen many of his friends and family being captured and sent to American and never had he seen them return. What had become of them, did they survive the harsh condition of the mines and plantations where they had been working or had they succumbed to the extreme torture? he pondered upon such Questions as he looked around himself and saw others like him shackled in heavy iron chains. Packed below the deck of the ship like animals, he could not even get to see the sunlight. All slaves were packed so close to one another that they could not reach the toilet buckets. Thus, they lay in their own filth. The dark, damp and filthy deck made peter sick. He wished he could just run away to the safety of his home. However, there was no relief for him. The violent strom instead increased the time of the voyage from the usual six weeks to thirteen weeks. The terrified faces of panic and fear and the cries of the women and children made him feel more ill. Some slaves did try to resist but were beaten badly. The terror of the Americans resisted any slave to rise future. When the thirteen days voyage came to an end, peter had grown weak. Yet, he survived to endure worse in his days as a slave.
Compare the civilization of the Aztecs with that of the Mesopotamians.
What were the new developments helping European navigation in the 15th century?
Give reasons for Spain and Portugal being the first in the 5th century to venture across the Atlantic.
How did the discovery of South America lead to the development of European colonialism? HOTS
What new food items were transmitted from South America to the rest of the world?
Look at the diagram showing the positive feedback mechanism on page 13. Can you list the inputs that went into tool making? What were the processes that were strengthened by tool making?
Why do we say that it was not natural fertility and high levels of food production that were the causes of early urbanisation?
What were the features of the lives of the Bedouins in the early seventh century?
Why was trade so significant to the Mongols?
Describe two features of early feudal society in France.
Which elements of Greek and Roman culture were revived in the 14th and 15th centuries ?
How did Britain’s involvement in wars from 1793 to 1815 affect British industries?
Comment on any points of difference between the native peoples of South and North America.
What were the major developments before the Meiji restoration that made it possible for Japan to modernise rapidly?
Humans and mammals such as monkeys and apes have certain similarities in behaviour and anatomy. This indicates that humans possibly evolved from apes. List these resemblances in two columns under the headings of (a) behaviour and (b) anatomy. Are there any differences that you think are noteworthy?
Which elements of Greek and Roman culture were revived in the 14th and 15th centuries ?
Why do we say that it was not natural fertility and high levels of food production that were the causes of early urbanisation?
Why would the early temple have been much like a house?
What was the function of medieval monasteries?
Keeping the nomadic element of the Mongol and Bedouin societies in mind, how, in your opinion, did their respective historical experiences differ? What explanations would you suggest account for these differences?
‘If history relies upon written records produced by city-based literati, nomadic societies will always receive a hostile representation.’ Would you agree with this statement? Does it explain the reason why Persian chronicles produced such inflated figures of casualties resulting from Mongol campaigns?
How did the Qing dynasty try and meet the challenge posed by the Western powers?
What were the features of humanist thought?
Why was the history of the Australian native peoples left out of the history books?
Which of the following were necessary conditions and which the causes, of early urbanisation, and which would you say were the outcome of the growth of cities:
(a) highly productive agriculture,
(b) water transport,
(c) the lack of metal and stone,
(d) the division of labour,
(e) the use of seals,
(f) the military power of kings that made labour compulsory?