What European nation played a direct role in instigating a series of decades-long wars in West Central Africa in the sixteenth century?
a. England
b. Spain
c. Portugal
d. France
c. Portugal
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The two centers of Italian unification were
a. Lombardy and Naples. b. Florence and Milan. c. Sicily and Piedmont. d. Veneto and Tuscany.
Japanese women remained unaffected by the Meiji economic developments, remaining cloistered at home and following the "three obediences" of child to father, wife to husband, and widow to son
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The overall effect of the Platt Amendment was to
a. restrict further policies of imperialism. b. restrict Cuba's autonomy at home and abroad. c. curtail American involvement in Latin America. d. show support for Filipino independence.
In the steppe lands of Inner Mongolia,
A. small communities turned primarily to animal breeding and herding. B. large slave plantations emerged. C. ample rainfall allowed the creation of irrigation systems for agriculture. D. narrow political boundaries limited the mobility of communities. E. the failure to domesticate horses for transportation largely cut these communities off from other societies.