Whose voyages in the Pacific Ocean were a major inspiration for travel literature in the eighteenth century?
a. James Cook
b. Ferdinand de Lesseps
c. Zheng He
d. David Hume
e. Ferdinand Magellan
a
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a) oil fracking b) gold mining c) cattle ranching d) canal building
The leader who effectively assisted Mao in the 1970s was
A) Deng Xiaoping. B) Sun Yat-sen. C) Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek). D) Zhou Enlai. E) Jing Qing.
Which statement most closely describes conditions in Scandinavia by the twelfth century?
a. It remained largely pagan and resistant to European culture. b. It contained the continent's most powerful nation, Sweden. c. It entered into a period of relative peace within and between local kingdoms. d. It had accepted Christianity through the agency of local kings who wished to better organize and govern their states. e. It abandoned their marriage alliances with the Holy Roman Empire.
Union military analysts discovered
a. 900 pounds of lead were expended to bring down one Confederate soldier. b. four out of five infantrymen were wounded in battle. c. the cavalry was the key to victory in rough country. d. artillery was too expensive to justify using except in desperate situations. e. all of these choices.