Most of the gold and silver that poured into Spain from the New World went to ________
A) Spain's economic development
B) administration of Spain's New World empire
C) the crown's private account
D) military spending
D
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A) conquest of Northern Korea. B) annexation of Northeastern India. C) establishment of commercial exchange between China and the West. D) conquest of northern Vietnam. E) the control of trade routes across Central Asia.
The defeat of which group brought the Persians and Greeks into contact?
A) Egyptians B) Medes C) Lydians D) Ethiopians
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One of the major incidents that sparked an Indian nationalist movement was
a. Lord Curzon's unilateral decision to divide Bengal into two provinces. b. the arrest of Gandhi. c. British troops storming the Jamshedpur factories. d. insistence by the British that Muslim regions learn English. e. taxation of Hindu and Muslim houses of worship to support the British colonial administration.