When the Americans refused to end its embargo of sales of oil to the Japanese, the Germans declared war on the United States.
a. true
b. false
Answer: b. false
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What were the people who worked within the informal office of covert surveillance established during the Nixon administration called?
a) plumbers b) electricians Consider This: They began by investigating national-security breaches but, during the presidential campaign of 1972, branched out into spying on Nixon’s Democratic opponents and engaging in political dirty tricks. See 31.1.3: The Watergate Scandal. c) painters Consider This: They began by investigating national-security breaches but, during the presidential campaign of 1972, branched out into spying on Nixon’s Democratic opponents and engaging in political dirty tricks. See 31.1.3: The Watergate Scandal. d) housekeepers Consider This: They began by investigating national-security breaches but, during the presidential campaign of 1972, branched out into spying on Nixon’s Democratic opponents and engaging in political dirty tricks. See 31.1.3: The Watergate Scandal.
Which of the following philosophers rejected the notion that human nature is intrinsically good?
a. Confucius b. Mencius c. Xunzi d. Zhu Xi
Chen Duxiu's 1915 "Call to Youth" urges the youth of China to
a. reject foreign influences and focus on pure Chinese influences. b. struggle against conformity and tradition by exercising their own intellect. c. respect their elders and learn from their experiences. d. use violence to reform China politically and intellectually.
All of the following is true of indentured laborers EXCEPT:
a. English planters in Barbados imported English and Irish indentured laborers for tobacco, cotton, indigo, and ginger production. b. After English and Irish workers became unwilling to migrate as indentured laborers, law courts sentenced those accused of crimes to “transportation” to serve as indentured labor. c. Many poor English and Irish people were tricked or kidnapped into being “transported” for that purpose. d. Indenture was abandoned because African slaves quickly proved a better source of labor.