What animal was the primary beast of burden in the trans-Saharan caravan trade?
a. camels
b. oxen
c. human slaves
d. elephants
e. horses
a
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Which of the following was true of the American Tract Society?
a. It focused on providing religious literature to regular churchgoers. b. It targeted seamen, Native Americans, and the urban poor. c. It published pamphlets on a variety of subjects of general interest. d. Its publications were banned in the South.
The decision in the Plessy v. Ferguson case
a. placed segregation at the forefront of national political debate. b. led to the enactment of institutional segregation in the South. c. had little actual effect on legislative actions in the South. d. was issued with the unanimous support of the Court.
Historians have characterized the state governments created during the 1770s as "ultra-republican" largely because
a. They had written constitutions based upon a strong system of "separation of powers" and "checks and balances" b. They vested most of the power in their popularly elected legislative branches c. They retained property requirements for voting d. They limited the power of the legislative branch in favor of the executive branch e. They gave state governors an effective veto power and state courts effective powers of judicial review
What does Map 8.1 suggest about the situation of the Byzantine Empire around 600?
A) The spread of Roman Catholicism in Kievan Rus threatened the empire. B) The spread of Islam threatened the empire's control of Egypt. C) The empire had lost control of Anatolia and North Africa. D) The borders of the empire were threatened by hostile neighbors.