Who was the Italian merchant whose tales of the court of Kublai Khan were popular in medieval Europe?
a. Daniel Defoe
b. Amerigo Vespucci
c. Marco Polo
d. Leonardo Bruni
e. Jacques Cour
c
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The work of such painters as Jackson Pollock embodied a new mode of visual art known as ________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Josiah Wedgewood was instrumental in the mass production of
a. porcelain goods. b. clothing. c. shoes. d. farming implements. e. furniture.
Which of the following is true in regard to Egypt, England, and France and the Suez Canal?
a. The building and financing of the canal was a collaboration between France and England. b. Egypt depended on revenues from cotton to keep its independence and stock in the canal. c. With the fall in cotton revenue, the Egyptian khedive was forced to sell their stocks to the British. d. All of the answers are correct. e. England forced both political and military oversight of Egypt.
The Republican vision of America as proposed by Thomas Jefferson included the ideal of
A) a diversified and complex economy B) a large and powerful federal government C) a society of sturdy, independent farmers D) an urbanized nation with cities to rival those of Europe