The Egyptian calendar was based on ________
A) a lunar year
B) eight equal months
C) 52 weeks
D) a solar year
D
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The Supreme Court in 1923 refused to support minimum wage laws for women because it
argued A) wages for women were already sufficient. B) such laws were in conflict with freedom of contract. C) women were not primary wage earners. D) such laws would ultimately place men at a disadvantage.
According to Mencius
A) the welfare of the people was secondary to the welfare of the ruler. B) all people are morally equal. C) people had the right to express their political views. D) all people are by nature evil. E) people had the right to rebel against rulers who lost the Mandate of Heaven.
As New England fathers ran out of farmland to provide for their sons,
a. younger sons left their families behind to seek their fortunes further west. b. they began to invest in the carrying trade and banking houses of new England's urban centers. c. rivalries between sons over the limited resources turned increasingly fierce. d. the bolder sons ventured south to try their hand on tobacco and sugar plantations.
A vast increase in the number of Africans brought as slaves to the Americas occurred during the eighteenth century, with most arriving in:
A. the Carolinas or Virginia. B. the Caribbean or Brazil. C. Mexico or Florida. D. Granada or Peru. E. Canada or New England.