Which of the following best describes the Song dynasty?
A) Its major focus was territorial expansion.
B) Its major focus was domestic policy.
C) It sought to replace Confucianism with Buddhism.
D) It weakened the civil service system and the power of the scholar gentry.
Answer: B
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A. providing new markets for English goods among Native Americans. B. providing an outlet for what the officials perceived to be England's excess population. C. diverting the attention of the English people from domestic problems to the task of converting the Indians to Christianity. D. increasing England's supply of gold and silver, thereby bringing inflation under control.
During the presidency of William Howard Taft, __________
A) the Republican Party split into two factions B) Robert La Follette emerged as an opponent of reform C) conservative Republicans pushed for lower tariffs D) Richard Ballinger was fired as secretary of the interior
In the Atlantic slave trade, the journey from Africa to the Americas was called the __________
A) Middle Passage B) Great Awakening C) task system D) "seasoning" process
According to Calvin's theory of double predestination, what would happen to an individual?
A. One could be saved through repentance and a second baptism as an adult B. Good works were a critical measure of salvation. C. One was saved or damned by God before birth. D. All who embraced Calvinism would be saved. E. One was either saved or damned, and there was no such thing as Purgatory.