Why was the pace of Ottoman expansion slower under Suleiman's successors?
a. the empire was running out of energy
b. the empire did not have enough money to support its expansion
c. remoter conquests brought diminishing returns
d. their priorties shifted to internal development
d
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By the middle of the second century B.C.E., the Roman government was in the hands of
A) a wealthy, self-seeking Senate. B) the duly elected Concilium Plebis. C) a dictator. D) popular urban demagogues. E) the Roman army.
All except which of the following were negative results of the exploration and discovery era?
a. Millions of Africans were enslaved and transported to other parts of the world. b. Warfare, slavery, and disease killed millions of Indians. c. Many plants native to the Americas were displaced by European imports. d. The Asian nations of China, India, and Japan became the wealthiest and most powerful countries in the world. e. European animals overran American rivals.
In his exposé of the Minneapolis mayor, Lincoln Steffens discovered that the four-term mayor had gotten rich off of funds from all of the following entities EXCEPT
A) the state lottery. B) disorderly houses of prostitution. C) opium joints. D) unlicensed saloons.
Franciscan missionaries expected their native converts to do which of the following?
A) ?Learn the catechism. B) ?Adopt European dress. C) ?Use European farming methods. D) ?Learn conversational Castilian (Spanish). E) ?All of the above