Who adapted Newcomen?s steam engine to power the textile industry?

A) Samuel Crompton
B) John Kay
C) James Hargreaves
D) James Watt
E) Samuel Slater


D

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Julius Caesar's greatest military conquest was in North Africa, where he established the Roman province of "Africa."

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which of the following was NOT a possible cause of the Salem witchcraft hysteria?

A) the community's history of religious discord B) disagreements between Salem's poor people and its upper classes C) Salem's history of engaging in occult practices D) jealousy and bitterness within the community E) the underlying misogyny of the entire colonial culture

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The Afrikaner National Party was founded in South Africa by ________

A) inhabitants of Dutch descent B) black Africans C) British colonists D) Indian immigrants

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The Safavid army at first declined to use guns because

a. They couldn't get them. b. Islamic scholars banned them. c. They considered them unmanly. d. The Koran bans them. e. Christians used them.

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