Amnesty International has investigated female genital mutilation as
A. a valid cultural practice.
B. illegal.
C. a human rights issue.
D. a safe medical practice.
Answer: C
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How did the Great Awakening affect women in the colonies?
A) Colonial women gained opportunities to become ordained ministers. B) Colonial women were able to establish their own congregations. C) Colonial women were empowered to lead religious revivals. D) Colonial women gained a forum to testify publicly about their spiritual lives.
How did the patent system encourage inventiveness?
A. it guaranteed inventors a fee if they successfully applied and were granted a patent. B. It guaranteed an inventor sole rights to the use of his or her invention for a limited time C. it advertised an invention so that the inventor could sell more products faster. D. It ensured that inventors could locate manufacturers to produce their inventions.
In the realm of the visual arts, and just like with the Safavid Persians and the Ottomans, one of the more interesting aspects of Islam as practiced by the Mughals is that, like the prohibitions regarding wine and other intoxicants, the injunctions against depicting the human form in art were often largely ignored in the _________.
a. public works b. literature c. museums d. private chambers of the royal court
In discussions about nations in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a nation was identified as
a. the government administering a set piece of territory. b. the physical land or country on which a given people lived. c. the people as a whole whether or not they have a government of their own. d. indistinguishable from a state. e. indistinguishable from a country.