The underlying cause of Opechancanough's attacks on Jamestown was __________
A) expansion of English tobacco cultivation
B) severe native food shortages
C) Spanish arms supplied to the Indians
D) John Smith's marriage to Pocahontas
Answer: A
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What happened in the late sixteenth century to make bread riots increasingly common?
a) The Little Ice Age, with below-average temperatures, more rain, and shorter growing seasons, meant frequent shortages of grain. b) The demand by New World colonies for food meant most grain harvests did not remain in Europe. Consider This: How important was grain as a component in the average European diet at this time? See 1.1.3: The Seeds of Violence. c) Newly organized professional armies, serving year-round, ate more food, leading to shortages in the general population. Consider This: How important was grain as a component in the average European diet at this time? See 1.1.3: The Seeds of Violence. d) Bread riots were never about food, but simply a means of letting off steam. Consider This: How important was grain as a component in the average European diet at this time? See 1.1.3: The Seeds of Violence.
What was the effect of the Revolutionary War on slavery?
a. At the end of the war, slavery was abolished in northern states. b. The war set a time limit to end slavery in the South. c. Initially, the war had little effect on slavery at all. d. Initially, the war led to African Americans' gaining freedom. e. The war emancipated African Americans in several states.
A key factor in Egypt's decline around 1300 B.C.E. was
a. attacks by the Nubians in the south. b. failure of the Nile to flood adequately in successive years. c. invasions by the "Sea Peoples." d. invasions by the Hyksos.
The King-Crane Commission issued caveats about the post-World War I "Zionist program," based primarily on the observation that
a. the vast majority of the people in the region opposed a Jewish state in Palestine. b. there was not enough international support for a Jewish state in Palestine. c. the formation of a Jewish state would provoke decades of violence in the Middle East. d. Jewish advocacy groups lacked political influence in the United States.