What is the first modern technological device to owe its existence to the progress of science?
A) The Steam Engine
B) The Turbine Engine
C) The Petroleum Engine
D) The X-ray
E) Electricity
A
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What is the name of the currency shared by the European Union?
a) euro b) pound Consider This: Britain never gave up its currency, even though it joined the European Union. See 15.2: Strength in Union. c) euro dollar Consider This: Britain never gave up its currency, even though it joined the European Union. See 15.2: Strength in Union. d) solidus Consider This: Britain never gave up its currency, even though it joined the European Union. See 15.2: Strength in Union.
The mountain state of Franklin was __________
A) founded by some of North Carolina's western landholders B) intended as a refuge for runaway slaves C) populated by discontented farmers D) formed by Spanish and French adventurers
How did irrigation affect the class system in the West?
a. Native Americans owned water rights, so they became a wealthy, powerful class over white farmers. b. Companies that diverted water to the arid West grew wealthy, while landowners and farmers became poor, second-class citizens. c. Irrigation created fertile land, drawing migrant workers, who became second-class citizens, generally from southern and eastern Europe. d. Irrigation made once undesirable Indian reservations desirable, so Native Americans were displaced and made to live as a class of nomads without land. e. Because land was suddenly productive, landowners became wealthy, whereas non-landowners became workers.
The Kingdom of Ghana
a. remained poor, in spite of large lead deposits, because of series of spendthrift rulers. b. exported gold, leather goods, slaves, and ostrich feathers. c. was the first African state to develop large-scale fish farming. d. had an merchant class but refused to trade with Berbers from the north. e. accepted the tenets of Buddhism.