A metropolis was a/an
A) Greek city located near a main seaport or trade route.
B) Greek city that has assimilated the culture of the surrounding peoples.
C) exceptionally large city that was both a ruler's seat of government and an international hub.
D) city that served as the center of scholarship and scientific study.
E) None of these
C
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A) Its prosperity came to depend on the slave trade. B) It desired access to Christianity. C) Europeans would not buy other African trade goods. D) It lacked access to European guns.
When World War I began in 1914, Americans
A) were divided in their sympathies toward the belligerents. B) united in support of Great Britain and the Allies. C) presumed the United States would inevitably become involved in the war. D) believed their nation's interests and security hinged on the war's outcome.
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A) they were trying to lead a revolution against the government B) they refused to adopt Islam C) the religiously conservative government was suspicious of intellectual pursuits D) the government attempted to purge Spain of all Muslims
The majority of Republicans in the 1850s supported a government policy to
A) abolish slavery immediately throughout the United States. B) grant equal rights for free northern blacks. C) prevent the expansion of slavery in the territories. D) extend and protect slavery in the territories.