What role did technology play in the expanding European hegemony? Why weren't other nations able to gain equal technological footing?
What will be an ideal response?
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Compare and contrast the roles played by the upper classes, the middle class, and the artisans in the cities of eighteenth-century Europe. Did their roles differ from that of the traditional landlords and peasants?
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The Songhai empire was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
a. Mixture of Islam and local custom b. Tolerance of public roles for women c. The imposition of strict Islamic law d. Involvement in trade in slaves, gold, and ivory e. A major Islamic university in the city of Timbuktu
How did enslaved African Americans respond to the colonial protests of the 1760s and the Revolutionary War that followed?
a) They sought to gain freedom for themselves. b) They had no interest in these developments. c) They were unaware of these developments. d) They wanted to join the British, but were rebuffed by British officials.
The South may have failed to develop a large industrial economy due to all the following factors EXCEPT
A. a shortage of labor. B. the profitability of cotton. C. cultural values. D. the humid climate. E. little access to liquid capital.