To the Zhou Dynasty, 1045-256 B.C.E., what was the Mandate of Heaven?
a. Heaven's judgment on all of China's people
b. Heaven's approval of China's rightful ruler
c. Heaven's plan for the human race
d. Heaven's wrath on all sinners
e. Heaven's blessing of crops and trade
b
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In the 1830s and 1840s, most of the thousands of poor and wretched immigrants who flooded into America came from
A) Italy and Greece. B) Poland and Russia. C) Ireland and Germany. D) China and Japan.
After the French and Indian War, the British Empire faced all of the following problems except
A) huge new lands that it had to decide how to use B) huge war debts that it had to find a way to pay C) a new king whose personality made governing the empire very difficult D) wartime government leaders who remained in power despite knowing little about peacetime governing
As part of his foreign policy, President Herbert Hoover moved to withdraw American troops from
A. Cuba. B. Venezuela. C. Mexico. D. Haiti. E. Colombia.
The colonists faced all of the following weaknesses in the War for Independence EXCEPT
a. poor organization. b. colonial disunity and weak central authority. c. a weak economy and lack of military supplies. d. the necessity of employing European officers. e. a poorly trained militia and few professional soldiers.