What did the Phoenicians do once they gained their political independence from the Hittites and Egyptians?
A. Develop their own language system.
B. Cast out any remaining Hittites in the region.
C. Expand their trade networks.
D. Establish a strong military.
E. Craft a new code of laws.
Answer: C
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A. It remained unchanged. B. It was altered by the Soviet Union's increased interest in increasing world tensions, especially with the militarily dangerous United Nations. C. It was weakened by Mao Zedong's belief that, after Stalin's death, Mao's status as the most experienced Marxist ruler should make him the leading socialist. D. It was destroyed by Mao's threat to occupy southeastern Siberia if the Soviet government continued to make, test, and store nuclear weapons there. E. It improved because of a joint fear of the United States' ambitions in South Asia.
The nucleus around which the German state of Prussia developed and expanded was the
A) city of Frankfurt. B) land in Poland beyond the Vistula. C) Brandenburg. D) fief of Zollern. E) Saxony.
The Grangers were members of a society of
A) railroad executives. B) Western farmers. C) mining interests. D) cattle ranchers. E) Native American activists.
The collapse of communism in the Soviet Union was partly due to Gorbachev's policy of ______
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).