The members of the caste known as the untouchables, or pariahs, were
a. so holy that they would be contaminated if touched even by high priests.
b. given extensive opportunity to achieve social mobility.
c. required to have a minimum of five children during their lifetimes.
d. composed primarily of priests and financial planners.
e. given jobs such as handling dead bodies or collecting trash.
e
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Which of the following is NOT true in describing how nationalism fueled aggressive publics and nations?
a. International organizations stressed self determination. b. Popular press overheated public feelings toward national pride. c. Colonialism was seen as essential to national image. d. Enlightenment theories were seen as archaic. e. Military conflicts were seen as an escape from the ordinary life.
U.S. Attorney General Richard Olney and President Grover Cleveland justified federal intervention in the Pullman strike of 1894 on the grounds that
a. the union's leader, Eugene V. Debs, was a socialist. b. the strike against the railroads was crippling all parts of the American economy. c. the strikers were engaging in violent attacks on railroad property. d. shutting down the railroads threatened American national security. e. the strike was preventing the transit of U.S. mail.
The early 19th century Nationalist movement in China was aborted by
a. Western intervention b. Japanese invasion c. A power-hungry general, Yuan Shikai d. Qing repression e. All of the above
In 1980, what former British colony became independent and renamed itself Zimbabwe?
a. South Africa b. Kenya c. Southern Rhodesia d. Malawi e. Lesotho