How many days, at a minimum, would it take a messenger of the king to travel the 1700 mile "royal road"?
a. two months
b. one month
c. seven days
d. six days
e. nineteen days
e
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A) Woodrow Wilson B) Theodore Roosevelt C) William Howard Taft D) Warren G. Harding
What do historians consider a basic characteristic of the first civilizations?
a. The development of the Phoenician alphabet b. The use of iron tools and weapons by 3500 B.C.E. c. The development of cities d. The discovery of fire e. The invention of pottery
In the late 1890s, some business leaders feared that a possible war with Spain would __________
A) derail the economic recovery in the United States B) close foreign markets to American manufacturing C) trigger retaliatory attacks from the British empire D) result in a naval blockade of the Gulf of Mexico
In comparing Mongol and Manchu rule in China, it can be accurately stated that the
A. Mongols were more successful than the Manchus. B. Manchus were more successful than the Mongols. C. Mongols were better at adapting to the ways of the Chinese than the Manchus. D. Manchus produced a system of government in China in which there was absolutely no distinction made for Manchurian identification. E. both succumbed to new invaders from the Asian steppes.