More than anything, technological advances in societies appear to depend on the
A. native intelligence of a population.
B. prevailing climatic conditions.
C. degree of political centralization.
D. extent of contact with other cultures.
E. available natural resources.
Answer: D
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a. was indecisive in policy matters and often made blunders b. won great popularity, even among Federalists c. repealed the embargo and later won the war d. was an astute strategist
During the High Middle Ages, the geocentric theory
a. refuted Aristotelian views. b. offered basic geometry. c. was imbued with Christian symbolism. d. proposed that mathematics was the basic language of the universe. e. was a new revolutionary theory.
By 1850, the American transportation network mainly ran __________.
A. from North to South B. from the Northeast to the Midwest C. along rivers D. along the coast
____ _____ are remnants from the past that historians use to find out about what actually happened in the past. They date from the period that a historian is researching and they provide the historian with the evidence he or she will be using in the course of his or her analysis.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word