One of the significant characteristics of Russia, which differed dramatically from the West, was Ivan III's use of
a. permanent legalized serfdom.
b. an aggressive tax campaign that exhausted the financial resources of his subjects.
c. tying peasants to the land to force landlords to stay where they were rather than move to the frontier.
d. creating a standing army in exchange for land after twenty-five years of service.
e. creating a permanent military servitor class.
c
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A) 1918. B) 1917. C) 1920. D) 1914.
Female authors in the Heian period in Japan are notable both for their popularity and their use of
a. Japanese. b. Chinese c. the haiku form. d. the tanka form.
How does this photograph of a carpentering class at the Hampton Institute reflect Booker T. Washington's ideas of how African Americans should achieve success?
A) It fosters an image of African Americans as superior craftsmen. B) It calms the fears of white supremacists by showing blacks working menial jobs. C) It shows young men working at a trade school to gain skills necessary for advancement. D) It shows young men silently demonstrating their fitness to attend a desegregated school. E) It shows young men building a home for a wealthy white person.
During this period, the shift to agriculture coincided with advances in stone tool technology, thus providing the rationale for its being named the:
A. Paleolithic Age. B. Neolithic Age. C. Chalcolithic Age. D. Bronze Age. E. Stone Age.