Which of the following is NOT true regarding the Dutch during the Age of Exploration?
A) A chief reason for their success was the Dutch East India Company.
B) They were more interested in setting up colonies than trade.
C) The Dutch used naval power against native groups.
D) The Dutch were a small nation both in size and population.
E) They eventually took over the spice trade from the Portuguese in Southeast Asia.
B
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A) irrigable land B) timber land C) prairie land D) pasturage land
Which of these men ruled south Asia in the late 1500s?
A) Jahangir B) Babur C) Shah Jahan D) Akbar
The greatest obstacle to carrying out civil rights legislation on the federal government level was
A. the federal courts blocking the implementation of laws. B. gridlock in Congress. C. the president's lack of leadership in executing laws. D. bureaucratic costs.
France was similar to Germany in that
a. eastern France suffered from high unemployment while western France and Paris prospered due to tourism. b. the French secret police, the equivalent to East Germany's Stasi, had become corrupt, blackmailing politicians and businessmen. c. the political center was threatened by an extremist political party, the Greens. d. resentment against foreigners, particularly Muslims from North Africa, led to an anti-immigrant movement headed by Jean-Marie Le Pen and his National Front. e. the confusion and chaos of the time led to political instability, and in France it led to the collapse of the Fifth Republic.