The first explorer to sail directly from Europe to India and back was:
a. Vasco da Gama
b. Dinis Dias
c. Henry the Navigator
d. Cristoforo Colombo
A
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A. George McClellan B. Don Carlos Buell C. David Farragut D. Henry H. Sibley
Which group supported the Umayyad caliphate?
A) Shi'ites B) Sunnis C) Kharijites D) Berbers
The Boston statement of rights and grievances, drafted by the Boston Committee of Correspondence in 1772, differed from previous patriot pamphlets in that it
a. did not mention the necessity of obedience to Parliament. b. did not profess allegiance to the king. c. attempted to define the precise limits of parliamentary authority. d. claimed that colonial assemblies had the right to judge the constitutionality of acts of Parliament.
Illuminated manuscripts were
A) used as a tool to teach illiterates to read. B) used as a tool to share the knowledge of the Bible with illiterates. C) created in the Egyptian method of adding power to the words with pictures. D) were created to dispel the monotony of reading and increase interest. E) None of these