Eastern visitors to the backcountry were impressed with the health and industriousness of frontiersmen
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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In countries that militarized large portions of the population and developed large and powerful armed forces, the armies often became
a. deeply conservative and opposed to change. b. revolutionary and overthrew the existing political regimes. c. a vehicle that led most often to civil war. d. politicized agents of the state.
Which of the following statements best describes the Mahdiyya?
A) A rebellion that combined national resistance to foreign rule and fundamentalist reaction against innovations. B) A jihad to purge Islam of Sufis, Shi'ites, and others who believed innovations were causing the decline of Islam. C) The enforcers of obedience who maintained moral order. D) A movement that destroyed objectionable innovations including the Prophet Muhammad's grave marker. E) A movement to return Islam to the time of intellectual inquiry and study of sciences.
Tibet acquired many skills through the Tang dynasty. What was one of these?
a. praying b. raising horses c. gardening d. writing in Sanskrit e. wine-making
Most nativists of the late 1800s would most likely have supported the
(a) creation of settlement houses to aid new immigrants (b) passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act (c) continuation of the contract labor system (d) assimilation of Native American Indians into mainstream culture