What was the tributary system?
What will be an ideal response?
A system in which, from the time of the Han Empire, countries in East and Southeast Asia not under the control of empires based in China nevertheless enrolled as tributary states, acknowledging the superiority of the emperors in China in exchange for trading rights or strategic alliances
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Why did Huey Long never challenge Roosevelt for the presidency?
A) He was an ally of Roosevelt's. B) He was assassinated. C) He was killed in a car accident. D) He moved to Europe.
In 1934, Dr. Francis Townsend attracted widespread national support for a plan that
A. guaranteed all able-bodied Americans over age 21 a full-time job. B. helped pave the way for the Social Security system. C. was strongly supported by Congress. D. provided below-cost health care to children and pregnant women. E. offered medical insurance for the poor and elderly.
Which of the following statements does Map 13.1 support?
A) Long-distance trade linked sub-Saharan Africa to the Mediterranean region. B) European merchants monopolized the routes of the slave trade in West Africa. C) Ibn Battuta played an important role in the conversion of Mali to Christianity. D) The Sahara Desert was an insurmountable barrier to international commerce.
The creation of a Jewish state __________.
A. would become a major focus of Cold War tensions B. took place in the course of World War II C. was delayed by Britain's harsh judgments of the Zionist movement D. engendered a surprisingly positive reaction from Egypt