The spread of goods and people along the Silk Road helped facilitate the spread of the plague
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Which of these was one of three basic attitudes that underlay progressivism?
A. anger at the excesses of industrial capitalism and urban growth B. belief in the inferiority of the lower classes C. commitment to the ideal of individualism D. anger at the growing power of unions and other labor organizations
The myth of Maitreya played a significant role in the history of fourteenth-century China because
a. the Confucian establishment used the myth to retain power for itself. b. the peasants believed that Maitreya would rescue them from plagues. c. the peasants believed that Maitreya would give his followers power over their oppressors. d. Maitreya was the new god of the Ming dynasty.
In the sixteenth century, King Alfonso I of Kongo converted to what religion?
a. Christianity b. Islam c. animism d. Shinto e. atheism
What was considered to be the most important function of the school in the mid-nineteenth century?
A) intellectual training B) vocational training C) moral indoctrination D) child care E) physical conditioning