Unlike Mesopotamia's rivers, the flooding of Egypt's Nile was gradual and usually predictable, and the river was seen as life-enhancing rather than life-threatening.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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Which one of the following statements accurately describes actions by the Mexican insurgents (rebels) in the early years of their revolt?
A. They encouraged Texas to withdraw from New Spain and become its own independent nation. B. They declared independence from Spain, drafted a constitution, and declared slavery to be abolished. C. They confirmed the legality of slavery, in order to avoid losing support from large landholders who still owned slaves. D. They created a Mexican national army under the leadership of Francisco Villa.
In the election of 1792, __________
A) Washington won narrowly despite factional opposition B) factions contested the vice presidency but not the presidency C) rival political factions had not yet formed D) Hamilton ran unsuccessfully against Washington
Between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries, the number of African slaves shipped to the New World is estimated at
A) one million. B) two million. C) five million. D) ten million. E) twenty-five million.
Mao Zedong's New Democracy
A. was designed to expel the Turkic population from western China. B. moved slowly at first, in order not to alienate the peasants. C. gave private land to five percent of peasant families, to increase collectivization. D. was patterned on Stalin's "Open Society" plan. E. was modeled upon that found in France during the "Terror."