Why did Iranian militants storm the U.S. embassy and seize American hostages?
A) The CIA had attempted to overthrow the Iranian government.
B) President Carter allowed the shah to enter the United States for cancer treatments.
C) The U.S. government froze Iranian assets in the United States.
D) They wanted to embarrass President Carter.
B
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What impact did the wartime economy have on the distribution of American incomes?
A) The proportion of wealth controlled by the richest 5 percent of the population soared to nearly one-third. B) The proportion of wealth controlled by the poorest 20 percent of the population dropped to about 10 percent. C) The earnings of the middle class doubled. D) The middle class stagnated as it found itself caught between wage freezes and soaring inflation. E) The poor sank deeper into poverty because the focus was on foreign affairs rather than their plight.
The Boers were __________.
A. German missionaries B. a Bantu ethnic group resistant to British imperialism C. descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa D. a European merchant union
Reforms in urban living included all of the following EXCEPT
A) the development of pure water and sewerage systems. B) model homes built for the poor by wealthy philanthropists. C) the demolition of old, unneeded urban defensive walls, replaced by wide avenues. D) a successful effort to clean up all polluted rivers and lakes. E) some increases in governmental regulations.
Myanmar was formerly known as
a. Burma b. Laos c. Cambodia d. South Vietnam e. East Timor