The Hanseatic League was
a. an association of German merchants in various outposts in the Baltics and Scandinavia.
b. an alliance of principalities within the Holy Roman Empire who opposed Sigismund.
c. a confederation of humanist scholars who tried to separate the empire from its affiliation with the Catholic Church.
d. a group of Germanic princes who sought to enforce their rule over the northern Italian city-states.
e. None of these.
a
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a. remarked on the unusual nature of intense competition between two societies so heavily influenced by Western civilization. b. supports the view of many revisionist historians that United States policies drove Stalin to adopt a hostile view of the West. c. states that both nations were working within a framework conditioned by the past, from their different historical perspectives and their irreconcilable political ambitions. d. proposes the Cold War actually originated in East Asia. e. blames the British Labour government for manipulating America into an anti-Soviet policy.
American forces during the War of 1812 made good use of a powerful new American transportation system.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which region has served for decades as a source of conflict between Hindus and Muslims?
A) Calcutta B) Kashmir C) Indonesia D) Burma
How did Stalin's death in 1953 affect the conflict on the Korean peninsula?
A) It helped create more favorable conditions for the declaration of a truce in this conflict B) It led to a greater influx of Communist troops from China and the Soviet Union to Korea. C) It forced North Korea to surrender to UN troops. D) It led to a withdrawal of Communist troops from the Korean peninsula.