The meaning of vernacular is

A. a commonly spoken language.
B. a European language other than Latin.
C. a subset of languages that all share Greek as its parent.
D. a language that is becoming extinct.


Answer: A

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A) beginning official surveys and legal sales of land. B) spending government revenue on maintaining the U.S. Army to protect these new lands under U.S. control. C) building a new road from Columbia, South Carolina to Columbus, Georgia and eventually further southwest into the so-called black belt region of the South. D) permitting illegal squatters who moved onto farms abandoned by Indians during the War of 1812 to gain legal title without purchasing the land from the government.

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A) lay the foundations of a Mexican national capitalism. B) establish a socialist (but not communist) economy. C) create a mixed economy¾part socialist, part capitalist. D) create a state capitalism based on government ownership of mines and utilities.

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Which of the following correctly identify the two basic types of clerical vocation?

A. spiritual clergy and regular clergy B. regular clergy and aristocratic clergy C. nobility clergy and common clergy D. monastic clergy and regular clergy E. regular clergy and secular clergy

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In 1982, nearly 1 million people turned out in New York for a rally __________

A) against the Vietnam War B) in support of American offensives in the Persian Gulf War C) against Richard Nixon's policy of détente D) in support of a freeze on the development of nuclear weapons

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