The Hart Room, representing the home of a prosperous colonist, indicates that affluent colonists in the early eighteenth century __________
A) lived in primitive conditions much like those of the earliest settlers
B) had simple homes that lacked ornamentation and were sparsely furnished
C) demonstrated the fine furnishings and carpets imported from England
D) used highly specialized construction techniques
B
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What did the Russian communist Lenin believe was the main motive behind imperialism?
A) Capitalist economies needed new markets for their surplus products. B) European countries needed places to send their surplus population. C) Colonies were necessary sources of raw materials such as petroleum. D) Imperialism was a way for political leaders to enhance popular support for the state. E) Christians were motivated to spread their faith to non-Christians.
The mythical and elusive kingdom of _________, or ‘golden city,’ became the stuff of legend which would fuel the quest for material riches in the New World in the minds of many a conquistador, though it was never found.
a. Saguenay b. Paititi c. El Dorado d. Norumbega
The policy of "equivalence"
a. assumed a balance of power on both sides could prevent war. b. was the diplomatic attempt to trade Soviet spies for Western spies after the construction of the Berlin Wall. c. found that Western Europe and Eastern Europe were equal in their military capacity. d. was the doctrine which saw the West accept the Soviet presence in Eastern Europe in exchange for human rights guarantees by the Eastern European Communist bloc. e. ended with administration of Richard Nixon.
The Bretton Woods monetary system was created in order to accomplish all of the following EXCEPT
A) to avoid the mistakes of the Treaty of Versailles such as the reparations imposed on the defeated Germany. B) to maintain exchange rates between different currencies so people could buy and sell in different countries without fear that values would fluctuate wildly. C) to provide loans to a nation that was having problems balancing payments. D) to make the United States the dominant economic power in the world.