In urban areas, ________ frequently ran shops, managed markets, were proprietors of cantinas, and performed a host of skilled and unskilled jobs, particularly in the textile and food trades.

a. Women.
b. Italian immigrants.
c. Mestizos.
d. Coolies.


a. Women.

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Which eighteenth-century composer was considered the most innovative and wrote the opera, The Marriage of Figaro?

a. Bach b. Handel c. Haydn d. Beethoven e. Mozart

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In light of the challenges to the Catholic Church, many reforms were enacted, such as

a. mandating poverty for the Catholic institution. b. instituting dietary restrictions to symbolize purity. c. reforming the education of the clergy. d. allowing priests and nuns to marry. e. using the vernacular during mass.

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Which of the following were not included in the threefold division of medieval society?

A) Clergy B) Nobility C) Townspeople D) Peasants E) Serfs

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