All of these items were Chinese inventions that came to Europe by way of the Islamic world EXCEPT

a. adjustable rudders.
b. paper.
c. ship's compasses.
d. eyeglasses.
e. coffee.


e

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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What happened to the Chimu c. 1475?

a. they were conquered by the Spanish b. they were conquered by the Inca c. their capital cities were destroyed by volcanic eruptions d. they were destroyed by massive flooding e. they fought a civil war and destroyed their own cities

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I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. I believe that our help should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential to economic stability and orderly political processes." The statement above is taken from

(A) Woodrow Wilson's request for a declaration of war against Germany (B) Herbert Hoover's statement on Japanese aggression in China (C) Franklin D. Roosevelt's request for a declaration of war against Japan (D) Harry S. Truman's request for funds to support Greece and Turkey against communism (E) an address by United Nations ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick on Central American conflict

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