One of the major motivations for Europeans to conquer land in the Americans was to be able to grow more
a. Wheat
b. Cotton
c. Sugar
d. Maize
e. Potatoes
Ans: c
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Napoleon?s Russian campaign resulted in
A) the defeat of Russia and the loss of territory to France. B) the defeat of Napoleon and the loss of 500,000 French troops. C) an alliance between Austria and France. D) the French army?s failure to reach Moscow. E) forcing Russia to modernize.
After another doubling of its population by 1800, China moved toward what some historical demographers have called a high-level equilibrium trap, a condition in which:
a. A country's neighbors are trapped into accelerating the level of reproduction in order to keep up with a rival's burgeoning numbers. b. Radical improvements in crops or technology is inevitable, given the large number of potential inventors. c. A “one-child” policy leads to a demographic imbalance, in which baby girls outnumber baby boys by a factor of 2:1. d. The land has reached its maximum potential for feeding a population, and the surplus population begins to starve.
What is the term that describes the primary obligations of each Muslim?
a. Five Pillars of Islam b. Hajj c. Hadith d. Jihad e. Qadi
After the buffalo, the most important animal to the Plains Indians was the
A) dog. B) elk. C) deer. D) horse. E) jackrabbit.