What is usury?
a. lending money at interest, considered a sin by medieval Christians
b. intolerance of other cultures
c. the act of establishing a benefice
d. a contract binding a serf to his master
e. gifting money to the church
a
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a) Peggy Eaton b) Augusta Jane Evans c) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow d) James Russell Lowell
What was the Great Fear based on?
A. rumors of royal troops being deployed to Paris B. an apocalyptic prediction based on an eclipse C. the onset of war with Britain D. a cold snap that devastated the wheat harvest
Who is the legendary founder of Thebes?
a. Oedipus b. Cadmus c. Creon d. Homer e. Steve Rex
In the 1970s, the Nixon administration believed the world's most volatile region to be
A. China. B. the Middle East. C. Eastern Europe. D. the so-called Third World. E. sub-Saharan Africa.