In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the cities of Timbuktu, Gao, Walata, and Jenne were all important centers of
a. gold mining.
b. slave trading.
c. agriculture.
d. higher learning.
d. higher learning.
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The most important Slovenian thinker of the postmodernist movement was ______________.
A. Michel Foucault B. Hayden White C. Jacques Derrida D. Slavoj Z?iz?ek E. Albert Camus
One telling change in literature of the Silver Age came in response to an increasingly irritable imperial rule. What was it?
A. a lack of writing on contemporary affairs and recent history B. an emphasis on comedies C. many contemporary biographies of the emperor D. political poetry E. the development of the farce
One constraint faced by all European nations in America was
a. the large and powerful presence of Native Americans. b. the lack of sufficient agricultural land. c. the harsh and bitter climate of much of North America. d. political conflict at home.
The Taylor-Rostow Mission of 1961 recommended all of the following EXCEPT
A. the commitment of highly trained American advisors to help the South Vietnamese government better combat the Communist insurgency. B. the deployment of an 8,000-man "logistical task force" to serve as a symbol of American intentions under the guise of flood relief. C. improved training for Civil Guard and Village Self-Defense Corps troops. D. a massive commitment of American combat troops. E. increased American military and economic assistance.