Under the headright system in Virginia, ________
A) every adult male could vote
B) every child was guaranteed a primary education
C) 50 acres were granted for each new settler, free or indentured
D) new immigrants were guaranteed a year’s provisions
E) every new settler was entitled to one slave
Answer: C
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A) to eliminate the Serb population in Croatia. B) the desire of Bosnian Muslims to declare a jihad and kill all Christians living within their areas. C) the desire of Serbs to kill or displace all non-Serbs from territory that they had coveted as their own. D) the cooperative effort of Serbs, Croats, and Muslims to live in strictly segregated areas. E) the Serb desire to consciously emulate Nazi Germany in policy and government.
One example of an alphabet is
A. Chinese. B. cuneiform. C. Phoenician. D. hieroglyphs.
What was Mirabai’s connection to bhakti worship in Mughal India?
a. She was a goddess worshipped by bhakti devotees. b. She was a poet who wrote praises to Vishnu. c. She committed sati in order to praise Vishnu. d. She was a nun who dedicated her life to Vishnu. e. She converted from Islam to Hinduism.
In the 1840s, P. T. Barnum's American Museum in New York showcased
A. European artists. B. American artists. C. human oddities. D. past American leaders and heroes. E. nature and natural history.