The Thirty Years' War that devastated the Holy Roman Empire began when
a. the Bohemians chose a Protestant as their king.
b. the Swedish king Gustavus Augustus attacked the Empire.
c. Charles V retired to a monastery.
d. Jan Hus challenged the authority of the Catholic church.
e. Savoy, the Palatine, and the United Provinces united against the House of Hapsburg.
a
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Which statement about European contact with Africa is FALSE?
a. Most people in the African interior were little influenced by Europeans in the 1500s. b. The Portuguese took over the gold trade from Mwene Metapa in East African. c. The Dutch established a colony at Cape Town to supply its ships headed for the Spice Islands. d. The Boers were responsible for keeping other Europeans away from the Cape of Good Hope. e. England established a colony at Zimbabwe in the late 1600s.
The Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494 resulted in ________
A) war between Spain and Portugal B) Portuguese control of what would become Brazil C) English control of what is now Canada D) French control of Martinique E) the withdrawal of the Spanish from the New World
To progressives, the commissions they championed offered a way to _____
A) increase their political power B) reduce the power of reformers C) end the corrupt alliance between business and politics D) provide employment for their supporters E) elect regular citizens into political offices
The initial response by the American public to the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur was
A. anger at China. B. anger at the United Nations. C. criticism of MacArthur. D. relief that nuclear war had been avoided. E. criticism of President Truman.