The weakening of which nation or empire allowed localized rivalries between the two Great Power alliances that manifested in the Balkans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to touch off the First World War?
A) The United States
B) Austria-Hungary
C) Russia
D) Britain
E) The Ottoman Empire
E
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Royal power accrued to the English king with each of the following EXCEPT
a. establishing common law. b. gaining control over taxation. c. the Battle of Hastings. d. the Domesday Book. e. a competent financial administration, the Exchequer.
The Liberty Party's performance in presidential elections during the 1840s revealed that:
a. slavery would destroy any political party with ties in both North and South. b. voters did not want to address the issue of slavery. c. a moderate anti-slavery position was becoming more politically popular. d. few immigrants would support a party that embraced prohibition.
Which religious practice was least tolerated by Muslim authorities?
A) ?polytheism B) ?monotheism C) ?polygamy D) ?sortorialism E) ?creationism
The Russian government viewed industrialization
a. as a necessary evil. b. as the wave of the future. c. as a sign of the decline of respect for religious authority. d. as a potential environmental disaster waiting to happen. e. with limited interest, preferring to import industrial goods.