Unlike the rivers in Mesopotamia, the Nile River
A) never rises or falls, but flows steadily year-round.
B) frequently goes dry, leaving the land barren.
C) is subject to violent, unpredictable floods.
D) floods predictably at the same time every year.
E) was a dry shell for ten months of the year.
D
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The Bush campaign's "Willie Horton" TV ad for the 1988 presidential election
A) reflected the conservative view that liberal reform led to an increase of juvenile delinquency. B) reflected the conservative stereotype of welfare recipients as lazy and an unjustified burden on taxpayers. C) exploited hostility toward Mexican immigrants. D) exploited white fear of blacks.
In the spring of 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot in __________.
A. Detroit, Michigan B. the Watts section of Los Angeles, California C. Washington, D.C. D. Memphis, Tennessee
English model of conquest and slaughter did not begin in the Americas. The precedent was set in
A. the Cape region at the southern tip of Africa. B. Ireland. C. Iceland and Greenland. D. islands off the West African coast.
The motive for seeking an all-water route to Asia by the Portuguese was to
a. establish colonies in the East Indies. b. wrestle control of Australia from England. c. Christianize Japan and Korea. d. challenge the emerging power of the Dutch. e. outflank the Muslim middleman who controlled the land routes through Western Asia and Africa.