Which statement best describes the 2004 presidential election?
a. It was unusual because there was no central issue.
b. It was unusual because there were no public debates due to security issues.
c. It was noteworthy because of the repeated recounts to determine who had won.
d. It was especially harmonious because the parties were united against terrorism.
e. It was especially bitter and spiteful as each party blamed and criticized the other.
E
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Due to its strong democratic traditions, the last Eastern European country to fall under Soviet, one-party domination after World War II was
A) Bulgaria. B) Poland. C) Hungary. D) Czechoslovakia. E) Romania.
The French sent the Italian mariner Giovanni da Verrazano to North America in 1524 in order to __________
A) establish fur trading stations along the St. Lawrence River B) discover the Northwest Passage leading from the Americas to Asia C) raid Spanish settlements and treasure ships D) start plantations to grow cash crops
King William's War revealed each of the following EXCEPT:
a. the French could drive out the English colonists by forming stronger Indian alliances. b. the colonists needed to unify and cooperate in times of crisis. c. the French positions in Canada would always be a threat to the colonies. d. the colonists needed English military and naval power to hold out against France.
What was the nature of the trade between eastern and western Europe in the 17th century?
A) Western Europe imported grain in increasing amounts from eastern Europe in return for art objects and manufactured goods. B) Eastern and western Europe remained economically isloated, as Russia, Poland, and Prussia extended their trade relationships with the Ottoman Empire. C) The inability of eastern Europe to produce anything of value to the West frustrated attempts to establish trading connections between the two halves of Europe. D) Eastern Europe emerged as a powerful challenger to Western domination of the global commercial network.