ES 255 Quiz #1

When we speak of "Iberian colonialism" in the Western hemisphere, which of the following dates apply?

1500-1650

During the second half of the colonial period (1650-1800), which of the following groups made up the bulk of those who were enslaved in the Western hemisphere?

Africans

Which of the following figures finally settled the question of race reflecting species difference?

Buffon

Which of the following concepts was Blumenbach's version of Kant's teleological principle?

Formative drive

Which of the following asserted that the United States had an obligation to protect life and property in the Western hemisphere?

Roosevelt Corollary

Which of the following concepts best describes Kant's idea of a teleological principle in nature?

Seeds

Which of the following is the most important difference between the "Traditional View" and the "Relational View" of modernity?

That conquest, genocide, and slavery was the midwife of modernity

Which of the following is a reason why miscegenation occurred in the Spanish colonies?

all of the above (The expanse of the colonial territory Small number of European women To legitimize colonial authority)

Which of the following was a central feature of colonial societies?

all of the above (exploitation racism violence)

Which of the following is an example of a "mechanical" explanation for racial difference?

all of the above (geography climate diet)

Which of the following was a long term social consequence of the colonial period in the Western hemisphere?

all of the above (new political arrangements new economic arrangements new ways of organizing gender racism)

Which of the following was a non-scientific influence in the formation of the scientific concept of race?

all of the above (religion travelouges racism colonialism)

For Hegel's conception of "spirit," which of the following terms defines it best?

culture

Which of the following terms best describes "variety" in the scientific discourse of the late 18th century?

culture

Which of the following figures was the first to deploy the concept of race as a way by which to distinguish different parts of humanity?

none of the above (Blumenbach Buffon Kant Linnaeus)

Which of the following figures was the first to apply taxonomy to the human genus?

none of the above (Buffon Kant Bernier Blumenbach)

If wealth extraction was the primary purpose of colonialism, then which of the following is an example of the kind wealth extracted during the first half of the colonial period (1500-1650)?

none of the above (tea coffee tobacco sugar)

Dussel refers to Kant in order to show how the Eurocentric conception of modernity became an unquestioned part of Western thinking. For Kant, what is the key distinguishing feature between the "mature" West and the "immature" non-West?

reason

Which of the following is one of the events that the "Traditional View" of modernity uses to support the idea that modernity was an exclusively European phenomenon?

the advent of capitalism