All of the following were reasons the Abbasid caliphate ended EXCEPT
A) The Abbasids failed to reestablish political unity.
B) The Abbasids depended on Turkish tribesmen for protection from rebellion.
C) The weak caliphs led to instability.
D) The Seljuks took Baghdad but retained the Abbasid rulers.
E) The central government remained vital until the invasion of the Mongols.
E
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a. trade b. colonies c. land assignments d. warfare e. All of these were ways of meeting the population's needs
Why did the CIA help to overthrow Mohammed Mossadegh?
A. He ended Iran's nonaligned status by allying with the Soviet Union. B. He attempted to nationalize foreign oil interests in Iran. C. He vowed to build a military coalition to destroy the state of Israel. D. He attempted to create an organization through which the oil-producing nations of the Middle East could control the price of oil.
What was one reason that life in the south was difficult for northerners who were forced to flee south after the collapse of the Northern Song?
a. Southerners were nomads, while northerners were sedentary people. b. Southerners viewed northerners as religious outcasts. c. Southerners ate different foods than northerners. d. Northerners were subject to discriminatory laws. e. Northerners were unaccustomed to large cities.
Why were women's rights leaders Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton upset about the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution?
A) These amendments didn't go far enough in safeguarding the rights of African Americans. B) Several southern states had not ratified them, yet were readmitted to the Union. C) The Fourteenth Amendment gave rights to men only by including the word "male" and the Fifteenth didn't fix this problem. D) The Fourteenth Amendment only granted white men the right to vote ? not white women or any freedmen and women. E) These amendments guaranteed suffrage for all freed people, but did not enfranchise women.