Europeans were able to expand their exploration and command of the oceans due to the
a. shift away from traditional portolani.
b. rejection of the Chinese sternpost rudder.
c. combination of lateen sails with square rigging and the ability to build ever larger and more mobile ships.
d. construction of gigantic ships.
e. cheaper cost of sailing.
c
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a. Khurram. b. Aurangzeb. c. Dara Shikoh. d. Gobind Singh.
According to the text, what was unusual about the Czechs and the Basques?
a. They successfully resisted assimilation in the newly unified states: Germany and Italy. b. They were two ethnic minorities whose national consciousness actually rose because of industrialization. c. Urbanization seriously undermined these once well-organized ethnic groups. d. Though their languages underwent a renaissance in the nineteenth century, their national consciousness declined. e. none of the above
Examples of cognitive abilities include all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A. attention B. speaking C. openness to new experience D. problem solving
In the nineteenth century, Europe's wealthy elite
a. formed about 50 percent of the population. b. controlled between 30 and 40 percent of its wealth. c. was made up primarily from the traditional aristocratic landed classes. d. had turned their backs on industrial and commercial wealth. e. had succumbed to working class ambitions.