Which of the following was NOT true of the Arabian Peninsula before the birth of Islam?
a. It was occupied by nomadic Bedouins.
b. Some areas had village-based agriculture
c. It was on an important trade route between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
d. It was a strong kingdom that dominated its neighbors.
Answer: d. It was a strong kingdom that dominated its neighbors.
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A. Anti-black sentiment on the part of white working-class New Yorkers B. The long delay in implementing emancipation C. The exemption of Irish immigrants from the draft D. The passage of heavy new taxes to finance the war
Why was Ana Pauker called "the most powerful woman alive" by Time magazine?
a. She was the leader of the French resistance. b. She was the first woman elected as president in the Western world. c. She was the head of the Romanian Communist Party. d. She was the first secretary-general of the United Nations. e. She was the leader of the first Zionist community in Israel.
Slave resistance in the eighteenth century:
a. was limited to running away, since mounting an armed rebellion would have been impossible and deadly. b. included rebellions in both northern and southern colonies that led to the deaths of several of those involved in planning the conspiracies. c. most famously included the War of Jenkins' Ear, fought over the habit that masters developed of slicing off the ears of rebellious slaves. d. prompted southern lawmakers to cut off slave imports from Africa and the Caribbean by mid-century. e. led to a strong but ultimately unsuccessful movement to abolish slavery in Georgia in the 1760s.
The Taft-Hartley Act largely reversed New Deal policy established by the __________.
A. Social Security (or Perkins) Act B. National Labor Relations (or Wagner) Act C. Agricultural Adjustment Administration D. National Industrial Recovery Act