What campaign best illustrates that the British could not achieve ultimate victory by capturing the "strategic center" of the colonies?
A) the British losses at Trenton and Princeton B) the Battle of Saratoga
C) the Hudson Highlands strategy D) General Howe's seizure of Philadelphia
D
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The Sumerians invented the writing system now known as ________
A. printing B. longhand C. script D. shorthand E. cuneiform
Which of the following is a likely description of how early humans domesticated plants?
A. After careful observation, early humans began to understand the science behind plant growth, which enabled them to grow crops on a very large scale. B. Humans separated out the seeds of those plants they liked to eat over generations by chance and slowly began to observe that they could coax these plants to grow by placing their seeds in the ground. C. As human societies grew larger and more complex, they collectively decided that growing food for themselves would be far more efficient than gathering it from the wild. D. As global temperatures began to fall roughly 10,000 years ago, humans had to rapidly develop more reliable ways of feeding their communities. The domestication of plants was therefore the outcome of ecological necessity.
Stephen F. Austin showed the seriousness of his obligation of being a Mexican citizen by
a) serving in the Coahuila-Texas legislature. b) sending an Anglo force to help put down a revolt by a group of Americans in Fredonia. c) supporting the movement that brought Santa Anna to power and Zavala back from his first exile. d) urging fellow colonists to learn Spanish. e) all of the above
Rome was
A. located in the valley of Attica. B. located on the plain of Latium. C. in legend, defended by the extreme bravery of Horatius. D. an ally of Athens in the Peloponnesian War. E. founded by the Etruscans.