Which of the following was true of social life in late 18th-century Latin America?
A) Criollos spent less time on intellectual pursuits than did peninsulars.
B) While they read mostly religious literature, the Spaniards also obtained access to some of the Inquisition's banned books.
C) Women usually preferred religious tracts to novels.
D) The social life of a city's elite citizens was fast-paced, with many outings and festivals.
E) Mixed-race and Amerindians were given equal rights.
B
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A) the Italian merchant, Amerigo Vespucci B) the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama C) the Spanish priest, Bartolom de las Casas D) the Pueblan leader, Pop
During the period from the sixth to eighth centuries C.E., Tibet was
a. a state with no record of agriculture or city-building. b. a state ruled by god-kings who were also Buddhist monks. c. weak, with only a small and ineffective military. d. an expansionist state.
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a. Women´s Bureau b. Railway Labor Administration c. Treasury Department d. Commerce Department e. Veterans Bureau
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a. people must be ruled by enlightened kings. b. the best government for France would be a republic. c. there is no one form of government that is universally preferable. d. a government can serve the needs of the people only through the establishment of a mutually understood constitution. e. a social contract cannot be understood by people without an education.