Byzantium is defined as the
A) term used to describe Rome after the fall of the West.
B) Greek world after the fall of the West.
C) original Greek name of the Eastern Roman Empire.
D) territory immediately surrounding Constantinople.
E) None of these
C
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) __________
a. gave the Soviet Union more leeway in spreading communism in Europe b. confirmed that the Soviet Union would halt its expansion in Europe and Asia c. assured European countries that the United States would help defend them d. committed the United States to an isolationist policy in the future e. gave the United States the right to import goods tariff-free from Western Europe
In the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, __________
a. a slave owner sued for damages because he was beaten severely by an abolitionist b. a slave owner sued for damages because abolitionists helped his slaves c. a slave sued for damages because he was beaten severely by a white owner d. an escaped slave sued for his freedom because he was caught in a free territory e. a slave sued on the grounds that he had lived in a free state and so he should be a free man
Which of the following was one of President Carter's responses to the 1979 Soviet intervention in Afghanistan?
a. He approved the sale of AWACS planes to the People's Republic of China. b. He diverted shipments of grain from Russia to the rebels in Afghanistan. c. He broke off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. d. He withdrew a major arms control treaty from Senate consideration.
The 1872-1873 Modoc War is significant because it
a. involved the death of the highest-ranking U.S. military officer to that time. b. signaled the end of California Indians' armed resistance to the state's reservation policy. c. represented a culmination of years of failed negotiations to resolve the Indians' forced relocation to the Oregon reservation. d. all of the above.