Answer:
The goal of the Alien and Sedition Acts was to limit criticisms of the government.
The correct answer is They were slave soldiers who gained social status through war.
Explanation: The Ottoman Janissary was the army elite of the Ottoman sultans. The force, created by Sultan Murade I, consisted of Christian children captured in battle, taken as slaves and converted to Islam.
They were educated in Islamic law and the Turkish language, while learning to handle weapons and educated in the military arts. Young people grew up with their own sultan as a father figure, for whom they would be willing to defend to death even against their own people of origin.
The young Christians, owed their allegiance only to the sultan, and would fight any enemy for him.
The Japanese believed that the most honorable thing to do was to die in battle, and the most dishonorable thing to do was surrender. The Americans would surrender, while the Japanese would fight to the last man.
It promoted the (relatively) rapid diffusion of immigrants, language, and domesticated crops and animals. Those factors are examined in excellent detail in Jared Diamond's book, "Germ, Guns and Steel" which I highly recommend for anyone studying the development of world cultures. It's a long read, but well worth it.
