Which of the following statements is NOT true of Japan at the time of European contact?
A) The country was divided into local states dominated by warriors.
B) The towns had a daimyo's castle and large temples and monasteries.
C) The political authority was fragmented.
D) The Japanese people had been open and receptive to Westerners and Christianity.
E) The population practiced either Shinto or Buddhism.
D
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A) President Bush's refusal to raise any taxes B) the cost of the Persian Gulf War C) the savings and loan bailout D) the refusal to reduce spending on popular entitlement programs
Portuguese colonial holdings in Brazil were different from Spanish colonies in the Americas in all of the following ways except there
a. were fewer pre-existing cities established by the indigenous peoples. b. were fewer large cities established by colonists. c. was less reliance on slave labor. d. was less direct administration from the homeland.
Louis XIV became king in his own right upon the death of
a. Anne of Austria. b. Maria de Medici. c. Louis XIII. d. Richelieu. e. Mazarin.
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