4. What country started the modern form of slavery based on skin color? *

For in this unit, you read about transitions of power and the formation of newly independent nations in africa, asia, the americas, and the middle east. some of these transitions were peaceful, while others caused long-term instability. why do you think some countries were more successful than others with political transitions? what do you think were the biggest challenges facing newly independent countries? would it have been possible for leaders to prevent these problems before they happened? why or why not?

Which source would best a historian understand the effect of the great chicago fire on families? a. a biography of a chicago family displaced by the fire b. a letter from a grandmother in new york to her family in chicago c. a newspaper editorial about families who were displaced d. an oral history dictated by an adolescent who fled the fire

What are similar in christian and buddhist teaching about women? that women are of equal value as men in society. that women should honor their husbands and stay true to them. that both women and men must speak kindly and value others. that women must always obey men. that their husbands should control what they say and do.