All are correct about the war in Iraq that began in 2003 EXCEPT
A) the Bush administration claimed that Iraq's Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
B) establishing a new government in Iraq was difficult because of differences among the Shi'ites, Sunnis, and Kurds.
C) the Iraqi army was quickly defeated.
D) an increase in American troops in 2007 helped stabilize conditions after the outbreak of civil war.
E) the complete withdrawal of American troops was completed in 2009.
E
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Why did President Polk instigate a war with Mexico?
A) ?To gain the territories of California and New Mexico B) ?To move the border of Texas to the Rio Grande C) ?To gain a large piece of present-day Mexico D) ?Both to obtain California and New Mexico and to move the Texas border to the Rio Grande
What were the tenets of the earliest belief in one god?
A) One God was eternal, divine, and omniscient; He would grant prosperity to humans as long as they worshipped him above all others, rejecting all other deities; He was merciful. B) One God was eternal, divine, and omniscient; He would grant prosperity to humans as long as they worshipped him above all others, rejecting all other deities; He would punish transgressors; He would allow evil to befall the righteous. C) One God was eternal, divine, and omniscient; He would grant prosperity to humans as long as they worshipped him above all others, rejecting all other deities; He would allow evil to befall the righteous. D) One God was eternal, divine, and omniscient; He would grant prosperity to humans as long as they worshipped him above all others, rejecting all other deities; He would punish transgressors. E) One God was eternal, divine, and omniscient; He would grant prosperity to humans as long as they worshipped him above all others, worshipping only lesser deities in conjunction with Him; He would punish transgressors; He would allow evil to befall the righteous.
What was typical of medieval attitudes towards homosexuality?
a. They became much more negative in the High Middle Ages. b. They became much more positive in the High Middle Ages. c. They became much more negative in the early Middle Ages. d. They regarded homosexuality as acceptable throughout the Middle Ages. e. They saw homosexuality as the worst of all possible sins throughout the Middle Ages.