The text authors conclude that "the Viking voyages (about 1000 A.D.) had no long-term impact because Europe was not yet ripe for westward expansion." Describe what was needed by Europeans to become "ripe" for expansion
What will be an ideal response?
Consider the following: population growth, geographical knowledge, navigational technology, new ship designs, widely disseminated travel narratives, an aggressive merchant class allied with monarchs, a spirit of material acquisition, unification of nation-states, missionary fervor.
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The Second Continental Congress of Revolutionary days
a. operated with strong constitutional authority. b. still did not comprise representatives from all thirteen states. c. took away the sovereignty of the states. d. was little more than a conference of ambassadors without constitutional authority that largely conferred sovereignty on to the states. e. failed to assert any control over military affairs and foreign policy.
In religious and cultural terms, the Republicans appealed especially to groups that derived their views from
a. transcendentalism and utopian traditions that opposed war and proposed alternatives to traditional marriage. b. Catholic and Lutheran traditions of creed, liturgy, and understanding of human weakness. c. Baptist tradition that feared government intrusion on personal and religious freedom. d. scientific tradition that saw religion as a fading force in American society. e. Puritan tradition of strict moral codes and government regulation of morality and society.
The term Ottoman derived from Osman Bey, a chief of a band of seminomadic Turks who migrated to northwestern Anatolia in the thirteenth century.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The society created by Puritans in New England __________
a. copied the social order they had left behind in England b. was modeled on contemporary Dutch society c. represented a near-total rejection of traditional English ways d. was quite similar to that of the Chesapeake region e. adapted to include slavery