What would be the best description for the officials of the Sublime Porte?

A) economic advisory group
B) political lobby group
C) civil government
D) religious educational board
E) Head of Church


C

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Why would the Catholic king of France subsidize the Protestant army of Gustavus Adolphus during the Thirty Years’ War?

a) The king was more concerned about Spanish expansion in Europe than about Gustavus’s Lutheranism. b) The king hoped that by supporting the army he could convince Gustavus to adopt Catholicism. Consider This: How did Ferdinand II’s accession to the Bohemian throne change the distribution of Catholic troops within the Holy Roman Empire? See 2.1.2: Into Total War. c) The king hoped that by supporting Gustavus he could avoid problems with the Anglicans in England. Consider This: How did Ferdinand II’s accession to the Bohemian throne change the distribution of Catholic troops within the Holy Roman Empire? See 2.1.2: Into Total War. d) The king calculated that Gustavus would bankrupt himself against the Spanish, allowing France to expand into northern Europe. Consider This: How did Ferdinand II’s accession to the Bohemian throne change the distribution of Catholic troops within the Holy Roman Empire? See 2.1.2: Into Total War.

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Why did most Europeans think of Russia as being more Asian than European, even though most of its population lived within Europe’s borders?

a) Russia’s vast Siberian lands, autocratic government, and weak protections given to private property seemed to resemble places like China or Turkey more than European nations. b) Europeans had always seen Russia as Asian, particularly because of its adherence to Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Consider This: Russian tsars claimed service from every noble or peasant. See 5.6: Narrative: The Great Embassy. c) The Slavic language of Russia seemed too foreign to most speakers of the Romance or Germanic tongues of Western Europe. Consider This: Russian tsars claimed service from every noble or peasant. See 5.6: Narrative: The Great Embassy. d) Most novels about Russia unfairly painted it as an alien Asian nation, an idea many Western European readers adopted. Consider This: Russian tsars claimed service from every noble or peasant. See 5.6: Narrative: The Great Embassy.

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Which of the following people called for the end of slavery’s expansion westward?

a)  Abraham Lincoln b)  Stephen Douglas c)  Alexander Stephens d)  Jefferson Davis

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What was the role of women in the Han family?

What will be an ideal response?

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