Columbus and other early explorers searched for a direct all-water route to Asia because they
A) hoped to gain easier access to highly valued Asian goods.
B) could help western Europe win the Crusades against the Muslims.
C) could prove that the earth was round rather than flat.
D) thought Japan and China were rich and not the poor countries Marco Polo described.
A
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a) John D. Rockefeller b) Eugene V. Debs c) Alexander Berkman d) Uriah S. Stephens
World War II affected the United States economy by:
a) greatly reducing unemployment and restoring prosperity b) creating runaway inflation c) allowing great prosperity combined with major inflation d) reducing per capita income
President Eisenhower's vehemently anticommunist secretary of state, through most of his two administrations, was
a. John Bricker. b. John Foster Dulles. c. Allen Dulles. d. Dean Acheson. e. George C. Marshall.
The Roman religion is best described as
a. practical, impersonal, and integral to civic life b. focused on the individual's spiritual journey c. centered around human sacrifice d. monotheistic e. promising a transcendent afterlife