What is sati?
a. laws that prevent the remarriage of widows
b. widows burning themselves on their husbands’ funeral pyres
c. the law that allows men to marry pre-pubescent girls
d. custom of disinheriting women when a male heir is born
e. worship of female deities
Ans: b
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a. true b. false
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The treaty of 1949 between the United States, Canada, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Britain, the Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Iceland created the military alliance known as
A. the Warsaw Pact. B. NATO. C. COMECON. D. SEATO. E. CENTO.
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What will be an ideal response?