The Portuguese established forts along the African coasts to facilitate trading opportunities

A) True
B) False


A

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What will be an ideal response?

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In Ethics, the most famous of his works, ________ closely identified God and nature, an idea for which his contemporaries condemned him

A. Hobbes B. Spinoza C. Descartes D. Mendelsohn E. Locke

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While Clinton's economic policy aided the recovery of the mid-1990s, the most rapidly growing industry was:

a. automobiles. b. health and educational services. c. aviation. d. information technology.

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What approach did the newly appointed Spanish governor for New Mexico, Don Diego de Vargas, take towards the Pueblo Indians in the early 1690s to help regain Spanish control of the colony?

A) The governor offered a compromise to the Pueblo Indians permitting them to retain their tribal religion and formally reconvert to Christianity in exchange for a full pardon for their actions during the rebellion. B) The governor coercively tried to stamp out tribal religion in an effort to remove this powerful spiritual force from the lives of Pueblo Indians. C) The governor refused to pardon Pueblo Indians for their actions during the rebellion, but he was willing to permit the Indians to retain both their tribal religion and Christianity. D) The governor offered to withdraw his Spanish army from New Mexico in 1692.

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