Which of the following is true of Hellenistic geography?
a. Interest in geographic research increased as a result of Alexander's expeditions.
b. Mediterranean peoples gained a new sense of the breadth of the earth.
c. Eratosthenes declared that the oceans are joined.
d. A method for measuring the earth's circumference was developed.
e. all of the above
e
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The emergence of __________ as a unified country in the late nineteenth century alarmed the traditional European powers.
A) Serbia B) Greece C) Italy D) Germany
James Buchanan received the Democratic presidential nomination in 1856 mainly because he
A) took a strong stand for the extension of slavery. B) had a moderate stand on slavery, even though he was a Southerner. C) was overseas during the bitter debate over Kansas. D) had almost no political experience and therefore no political baggage.
All of the following are characteristic of the monsoon winds of the South Asian subcontinent EXCEPT:
a. The monsoon winds make rainfall seasonally predictable, although even minor variations in timing can cause disasters such as floods and famine. b. During the wet cycle, the winds from Africa, flowing from southwest to northeast, cause heavy rainfall. c. During the dry cycle, the winds reverse and bring hot, dry air from Central Asia, and the subcontinent becomes arid. d. The heaviest rainfall generally occurs in the north and in the plain of Sind, leaving much of the south comparatively arid year round.
The need for reform of the Western Church during the period 1000 to 1300 seems to have arisen:
a. From the nobility exercising too much control over the appointment of priests. b. Primarily in urban parishes at first. c. Largely from the commercialization of monasteries. d. From a long period of decentralization and decline of learning.