What is the name of the peninsula that served as the homeland of the Byzantine and later the Ottoman Empire?
a. Anatolia
b. Horn of Africa
c. Iberian
d. Florida
e. Italian
Answer: a. Anatolia
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a. Native Americans b. boredom c. isolation d. natural features of the land e. breakdown of familiar division of labor among family members
In the eighteenth century, the largest owner of property in the New World was __________
A) the Spanish king
B) the Portuguese king
C) the Catholic Church
D) Vasco de Gama
Samuel Magoffin's brother James
a) helped negotiate the peaceful American occupation of Santa Fe. b) was robbed by Apaches who lived along the Rio Grande. c) was arrested in Chihuahua as an American spy. d) had entered the trade with Mexico in 1825 when the U.S. sent a party to mark the Santa Fe Trail. e) all of the above
What caused President Reagan's change of policy toward the Soviet Union in his second term?
A) The Soviet Union was becoming a major economic power that the United States could not afford to isolate any longer. B) The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and escalated the arms race. C) New Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was interested in making peace with the United States. D) New Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was committed to blocking American interests abroad. E) The Soviet Union lacked a recognized leader and had fallen into chaos and civil war.