Why do we know so little about the Indus Valley Civilization?
A. it existed for a few hundred years
B. there are few artifacts
C. its written language has not yet been deciphered
D. it existed in a part of the world that has been largely ignored
Ans: C. its written language has not yet been deciphered
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In the late 1940s and early 1950s, what did the House Un-American Activities Committee, Hollywood, and some thirty-nine state legislatures have in common?
A) They were all revealed to be riddled with communist spies and other subversives. B) They all took vigorous stands against the witch hunting of Senator Joseph McCarthy. C) They all participated in the crusade to clear Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg of charges that they passed secrets to the Soviets. D) They all contributed to the anticommunist hysteria of the period and tried to root out subversives in American society. E) none of these choices.
A white woman in colonial America typically had a child every
A) ?two to two and a half years. B) ?five years. C) ?four to four and half years. D) ?eight years. E) seven to seven and a half years.
The dramatic increases in European population between 1000 and 1300
A) occurred despite detrimental climatic patterns. B) especially benefited women of child-bearing age. C) were the result of better urban planning. D) led to populations with many more women than men due to constant warfare. E) were primarily due to an increased birth rate outstripping high medieval mortality rates.
The Yangshao society of the Yellow River region is an example of
a. an early city-state ruled by a king b. a Neolithic society c. a pastoral society without any fixed residences d. a Paleolithic society e. a heavily fortified military society with iron weapons