The Spanish and English were willing to take more risks in exploration because
a. they were fighting each other and needed every advantage.
b. the Portuguese already controlled the trade routes around Africa.
c. their ships were technologically superior to Portuguese ships.
d. they had trouble attracting investors without promising dramatic returns.
ANSWER: b
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A) They were worried that poor and immigrant families would not properly nurture their children. B) They were worried that parents in poor and immigrant families often ended up getting divorced. C) They were afraid that many families would resist the new child-centered model of family life they endorsed for religious reasons. D) They were worried that parents in wealthy families often ended up getting divorced. E) They were worried that parents in poor and immigrant families often ended up abandoning their children.
Which of the following was NOT one of the ways that the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay differed from the Pilgrims of Plymouth?
A. The Puritans felt a sense of mission to reform England. B. The Puritans remained within the established Church of England. C. The Puritans were simpler, less educated folk. D. The Puritans carried with them a Crown charter for their enterprise.
How did changes in urbanization and increased population density affect the incidence of disease and epidemics in the nineteenth century? How did this affect overall population growth?
What will be an ideal response?
Kant does not think that people should be allowed to question Christian teachings.
a. true b. false