Shortly into her tenure as Ceylon's prime minister, Sirimavo Bandaranaike faced resistance to:
a. Her joining the Non-Aligned Movement, from the British who still controlled the colony.
b. Her nationalization of the banking sector, from Soviet agents who thought this was hasty.
c. Her Sinhalese-only language policy, from the Tamil minority.
d. Her public renunciation of Islam, from the country's Muslim majority.
c. Her Sinhalese-only language policy, from the Tamil minority.
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Which is the BEST inference that can be made from such intelligence tests as those pictured here?
A) Most American soldiers were not very intelligent. B) The military hoped to exclude non-English speakers from leadership. C) Methods of testing intelligence were crude at best. D) Those who designed the test had little sense of what military life required. E) Psychologists hoped to use such tests to sort citizens throughout society.
After Hitler took all of Czechoslovakia in the spring of 1939, Britain and France gave assurances to the country of ________ that they would come to its assistance if it were invaded.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Women in nineteenth-century western mining towns
A. had few economic opportunities outside of prostitution. B. did wage work as cooks, laundresses, and tavern keepers if single. C. generally worked as miners. D. were nearly all single when they first arrived. E. often greatly outnumbered the men.
In 1980 campaign, Ronald Reagan’s strategy included appeals to __________
A) liberal values B) women and minorities C) reform instincts D) nostalgia