Athens, with a population of 250,000 in the fifth century B.C.E., was far larger than most Greek poleis
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Ignatius Loyola was
a. originally a wandering ascetic who founded the Franciscans. b. a priest who became a leader of the Inquisition in Spain. c. a soldier who founded the Jesuits. d. a disillusioned monk who founded the Dominican order.
How did Khrushchev respond to the Bay of Pigs invasion?
A) He offered to install offensive nuclear missiles in Cuba. B) He negotiated an end to Castro's regime with the United States. C) He removed all military presence from Cuba. D) He warned Castro to liberalize his regime. E) He offered Cubans who had been persecuted by the Cuban regime asylum.
The Manila Galleon was a part of the Spanish fleet system in which
A) the Crown encouraged unlimited expansion of colonial trade with Asia. B) Spanish merchants flooded Asian markets with Spanish textiles. C) Mexican merchants invested twice as much money as they earned in profits. D) two ships annually sailed between Acapulco and Manila trading silver for silks.
Why did the possibility of individuals making a fortune in California through the panning, sluicing, and cradling of gold essentially evaporate by 1851?
A) Gold mining had become transformed into large-scale hydraulic mining, requiring large corporate investments and reducing miners to hired labor.
B) The Gold Rush had exhausted the supply of gold to be mined in California by 1853.
C) Hired laborers could now make a small fortune working for large-scale, hydraulic mining operations.
D) The fierce competition from African slaves and Indian miners overwhelmed the ability of individual miners to make their fortunes.