The term steppes refers to the
A) mountainous area in Mesopotamia where the Indo-European speakers migrate from.
B) mountainous territory north of the Euphrates where nomadic peoples resided.
C) northern grasslands where Indo-European speakers went from nomads to agrarian peoples.
D) northern grasslands where the Indo-Europeans were expelled as the Sumerian empire expanded.
E) grasslands west of the Tigris river where nomads settled into an agrarian lifestyle.
C
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. the absence of price controls on domestic oil production. b. U.S. dependence on foreign oil. c. the high import fees on foreign oil. d. the exhaustion of domestic oil supplies. e. the loss of a manufacturing base.
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