Joan of Arc
What will be an ideal response?
Peasant girl who led French troops to victory over the English at Orle?ans in 1429; later captured by the English and burned at the stake as a witch
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Why was there an assumption that all Americans at the time were middle class?
a. Because of the relative prosperity of the period b. Because of the disappearance of the working classes c. Because of the declining wages of the period d. Because of the lack of interest in reform during the period
Which one of the following was true of Native American culture prior to conquest?
A) Gender divisions of labor were established by the Native Americans arrival in the Americas. B) Women were typically not involved in decision making. C) A strict gender division of labor between hunting men and farming women was widespread. D) It is hard to make generalizations about gender divisions of labor.
The samurai
a. were a hereditary warrior class in medieval Japan recruited in Manchuria and Siberia. b. were similar medieval European knights. c. were the oath-pledged military retainers of the shogun, constituting a formal national army. d. took oaths of poverty, chastity and obedience before their formal investiture. e. were recruited from the peasant class.
The majority of mixed-ancestry individuals living in slave colonies were __________.
A. slaves B. free C. the children of white women D. skilled artisans or craftspeople