What was the result of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962?
a. The improvement of communications between the U.S. and Soviet Union to prevent nuclear war
b. The installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba
c. The overthrow of Cuba's Soviet-supported government by the U.S.
d. John Kennedy backing down to the threats of Nikita Khrushchev
e. Fidel Castro giving up his military authority, but not his political control, in the Cuban government
a
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All of the following problems plagued the effort to establish a permanent colony of Roanoke in the late 1580s by Walter Raleigh and his English colonists EXCEPT
A) colonists settled on land in and near areas that were claimed and populated by hostile Algonquian Indians. B) the failure of resupply ships to return to Roanoke in 1588 because of an impending threatened naval attack of Spain against England. C) a catastrophic drought between 1587 and 1589 creating food shortages and increased tensions with local Indians. D) despite ample land incentives for families to settle in Roanoke, it became nearly exclusively a colony of men.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The adoption of Islam in West Africa
A) meant that Islam was adopted uniformly, erasing earlier variations between cultures. B) led to an easy blending of Islamic patrilineal customs with earlier patrilineal traditions. C) made it impossible for women to obtain divorces. D) went along with intermarriage between Muslim traders and local women.
Which of the following played a central role in the expansion of Israel?
A) United Nations B) World Bank C) war D) diplomacy