The surviving biographical information about Demosthenes, the greatest of Greek orators, reveals that
a. he began his career as a polished and an effective public speaker.
b. for ten years, he exhorted his fellow Greeks to ally themselves to the rising power of Macedonia.
c. he was forced to commit suicide after he witnessed the Greek defeat at Chaeronea in 338 B.C.
d. his speeches have inspired orators into modern times.
e. all of the above
d
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The 104 settlers who remained in Virginia after the ships that brought them from England returned home:
A) were all men, reflecting the Virginia Company's interest in searching for gold as opposed to building a functioning society. B) included women and children, because the Virginia Company realized that a stable society would improve the settlers' chances of success, economic and otherwise. C) included representatives of several other countries, part of England's effort to build a strong network of supporters in case of Spanish attack. D) built the second permanent British settlement in North America after Roanoke. E) were only half of those who originally set sail; the rest turned around and went back.
The Spanish-American War revealed to American military planners
A. the necessity of maintaining a military draft. B. that they should never fight another war in the malaria-infested Caribbean. C. that National Guard troops were less reliable than federal troops. D. the need to desegregate the armed forces. E. the need to correct glaring deficiencies in the army.
The "three-fifths clause" of the Constitution gave disproportionate representation to __________
A) the slave states B) New England C) Ohio and Indiana D) large states
The High Middle Ages (1000–1300):
A. marked a period of intellectual flowering. B. saw a decrease in food supplies and population. C. was when the relationship between the Latin church and monarchical secular governments was strongest. D. was a period of economic stagnation. E. was a period when "local" monarchies emerged.