History - Survey Courses, Pre Quiz 7

When Spartans defeated Tegea, their northern neighbor, instead of taking away land and subjugating the defeated state, Sparta left the Tegeans their land and their freedom in exchange for:

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The Iceman's trappings were not just utilitarian. What decorative element distinguished him?

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The Anglo-American conquest of Sicily and the invasion of mainland Italy

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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the novel ________, which first appeared as a serial in an antislavery weekly.

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Thomas Jefferson's life was in many ways a contradiction to the ideals of the Declaration because of...

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What was the goal of most Native groups in the decades following the Civil War?

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The fortified high point of the polis which offered refuge in an emergency was the _____

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Long-range effects of NSC-68 included which of the following?

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Why was William Howard Taft an unpopular president? Why did Roosevelt challenge him in 1912?

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Historians have recently discovered that Western literary forms have not been derived from Greek poetry and drama

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All of the following occurred during the reigns of the five "good emperors" EXCEPT for

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Napoleon Bonaparte came from __________ family.

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Which of the following best defines a client?

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What led Americans to view Robert Peary as a national hero?

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Which of the following fostered artistic growth in the Renaissance?

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Who "laid the egg that Luther hatched"?

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In the developing world since the 1990s, which factors were the most difficult obstacles to effective environmental policies?

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The People's Party movement is more commonly referred to as ________.

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The League of Nations condemned the Japanese use of force against Manchuria and ________

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Compared to Marco Polo's, whose account of travel among the Mongols is considered much more reliable?

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Which of the following was true of the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions?

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The Overland Trail migration was primarily a(n)

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Sebastían Vizcaíno __________

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What institution dominated religious life in Europe in the 1400s?

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In general, Romans demonstrated extensive tolerance for the religions of other peoples living in their empire.

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Which of the following explains why civilizations on the scale of those of the Aztecs and Incas failed to emerge in the area that would become the United States?