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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements describes the new class that arises?

2. To what does this lead?

3. To what can the development of freedom as a social value be traced?

4. The occupation makes the Greeks think about what issues?

5. Among the Tupinamba, why does the slave exist?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are foreign slaves brought into the country?

2. How does slavery develop and change during this period in Carthage?

3. Describe the slavery issue in the South Pacific.

4. What is a second revolution?

5. Given the premise that a social reaction between slave, slaveholder and society must take place in order for freedom to develop as a value, why didn't freedom as a value develop universally?

6. Eventually the differing views of freedom lead to social conflict and upheaval. What causes this?

7. What is the importance of the significance on the development of freedom as a social value?

8. What is slavery? What is a slave-dominated society like?

9. What are the living conditions of women?

10. Patterson draws heavily on Greek drama to make his point. Give one example from which he cites.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Freedom was not always practical for a slave.

Part 1) Why would it not be practical? What would be needed for a slave to be freed and to survive?

Part 2) With this in mind, how is it possible that a large majority of countries no longer practice slavery?

Part 3) Does slavery exist today? Where? In what forms? To what or whom are people enslaved?

Essay Topic 2

Augustus sets the pace for the interpretations of freedom that will define the European chordal triad for the next 1,500 years.

Part 1) Who is Augustus? How does he set the pace?

Part 2) Why is he so influential? What power does he have over the region?

Part 3) How does Augustus change his persona for his people? Why does he do this?

Essay Topic 3

Freedom as a value did not develop universally.

Part 1) Why did it not develop universally? Is this surprising to you? Why or why not?

Part 2) How did freedom develop as a value? Why did it develop this way?

Part 3) How is this value reflected in the various forms of government in existence today?

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