For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Niger River
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The Suez Canal
A) connected the Persian Sea with the Indian Ocean. B) connected the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. C) eliminated the need to sail around South America to reach Asia. D) cut the time to travel from London, England, to Bombay, India, by half. E) connected the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.
Which of the following is a counterforce to the globalization of American culture?
A) protective trade barriers B) political and ethnic nationalism C) the continued threat of nuclear war D) increased restrictions around the world on emigration and immigration
The great majority of Africans who left Africa as captured slaves
a. were taken to South American and Caribbean colonies. b. came to English America before 1700. c. died aboard slave ships before they ever reached America. d. came from the west coast of Africa. e. came from the east coast of Africa.
The ulama were religious scholars and
a. government officials. b. outcasts. c. the primary interpreters of Islamic law. d. rural leaders. e. a hired foreign military force.