Why did Walter Raleigh want to establish a colony in North America?
A. To assert English dominance in the Americas
B. To create a pirate base to attack Spanish ships in the Caribbean .
C. To find silver mines in the Americas
D. To start a new nation.
Answer: B. To create a pirate base to attack Spanish ships in the Caribbean .
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A. prayer and fasting B. half of all livestock C. 60 percent D. 1 percent E. 2.5 percent
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a. clergy who lived with lay church members. b. church members who paid a tithe to the local parish priest. c. secular clergy. d. performance of the sacraments. e. all of these choices.
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a. the Kongo River Basin b. Sudan c. the Swahili coast d. Great Zimbabwe e. Egypt
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a. by sailing from Mesopotamia across the Atlantic Ocean b. using boats from southeastern Asia c. using boats across the Pacific Islands d. through Europe across the Atlantic ocean e. during the last Ice Age over a land bridge