When Iraqi insurgents mobilized to oppose the U.S. occupation in 2004, __________.
A. American forces defeated the insurgency with little difficulty
B. the insurgents were weakened by lack of Iraqi support
C. U.S. forces faced their toughest fighting since Vietnam
D. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld admitted the invasion had been a mistake
Answer: C
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A. inability to fight off incursions of nomadic attackers. B. loss of the Mandate of Heaven following extensive flooding, causing famine and death. C. loss of centralization due to internal rivalries. D. fight against a rebellion for control of key commodities like salt. E. rise of rival religious clans.
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What was the chronological span of the baby boom, the population surge that peaked in 1957?
A) 1950 to 1960 B) 1945 to the early 1960s C) 1945 to 1957 D) 1939 to mid-1970s
The territorial claims of France and England in parts of North America far beyond the Southwest had no influence on the Spanish settlement of colonies from Texas to California
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