How did the Venetian city-state gain its wealth in the fourteenth century?
a. By controlling the finances of the Holy Roman Empire
b. By inducing the bankruptcy of the papacy
c. By creating a maritime commercial empire throughout the Mediterranean and Black seas
d. By monopolizing the shipping of English wool to Flanders
e. By waging a crusade against the Turks in order to gain access to the Holy Land
c
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After 1946, higher education in Western Europe
a. continued to draw students from the wealthier classes until the 1990s. b. saw fees increased in a number of universities and enrollment grew dramatically. c. experienced an influx of students from the middle and lower classes. d. declined because of a severe economic recession. e. heavily emphasized vocational education rather than the traditional curriculum.
____________________ desegregated the military
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In the Mauryan state, what position did Kautilya have?
a. wife of Chandragupta Maurya b. political advisor c. Buddhist monk and missionary d. chief Hindu priest of the king e. primary tax collector
The French religious wars were precipitated by all of the following except
A) traditional rivalry with the English. B) a large degree of independence exercised by the nobility, including the right to wage private wars. C) the failure of the Colloquy of Poissy to reconcile the Catholics and the Huguenots. D) simmering conflicts among Catholic and Protestant nobles and townspeople. E) the French monarch’s inability to monopolize military power.