Which of the following is NOT an invention of the Song era?
A. the magnetic compass
B. gunpowder
C. woodblock printing
D. a positional system of counting
Answer: D
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All of the following provisions were included in the 10 amendments that constituted the Bill of Rights EXCEPT
A) the right of the people to keep and bear arms. B) the right to be protected from unreasonable searches and seizures. C) reserving to the states, or to the people, those powers not delegated to the United States by Constitution or prohibited by the Constitution. D) a constitutional amendment setting the size of the House of Representatives.
The story of Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis monastery illustrates
a. how monks were ignorant of the economic realities of the Middle Ages. b. how monasteries became wealthy from increased trade and commerce. c. the role of monasteries in the preservation of learning during the Middle Ages. d. the role of monasteries in the interior expansion of Europe during the Middle Ages.
Çatal Hüyük, one of the early agricultural communities, was located in ________
A) Egypt B) southern Turkey C) the Jordan River valley D) the Huang-he River valley.
Along with Hollywood films, ________ grew dramatically as a popular and influential mass medium in the 1920s, and became a fixture of the American home.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).