In the 1880s the Sudanese people were inspired to defeat the British and Egyptians by which charismatic Muslim leader, who declared himself the Mahdi?
a. Muhammad Ahmad
b. Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab
c. Muhammad Ali
d. Mahmud II
e. Ayman al-Zawahiri
a
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What religious changes do we see during the Hellenistic Period?
A) The adoption of the worship of Near Eastern and Egyptian deities as international deities B) The abandonment of traditional Olympian deities in favor of Egyptian C) A change in the style of worship of deities, taking on a Near Eastern flavor D) An abandonment of Near Eastern deities in favor of the Greek pantheon E) None of these
Theodore Roosevelt can be considered one of the country's first conservationist presidents because he __________
A) created 150 million acres in new government preserves B) loved animals and the remaining wilderness in the United States C) believed in sequestering public land, so it would not be damaged D) opposed the use of coal because it damaged the environment E) was an avid hunter, but confined his big game pursuits to Africa
The reforms introduced by Wladyslaw Gomulka in Poland indicate that which of the following deviations from the Soviet model was acceptable to the Soviet Union as an alternative road to communism?
A) abandoning the Warsaw Pact B) dominance of small family farms C) introduction of two-party system D) protection of free speech and press
The revolutions of 1848–1849 were
a. located primarily inthe Ottoman Empire. b. located primarily in Russia. c. not located in a single nation or empire. d. located primarily in France.