How did Italy’s Mediterranean location help give birth to the Renaissance?
Answer: italians were exposed to new ideas as travelers and traders passed through their country
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Philip II Augustus of France accomplished all of the following except
A. he waged war successfully against the kings of England. B. he became the Holy Roman Emperor. C. he regained the provinces of Anjou, Normandy, and Aquitaine from the Plantagenets. D. he established a royal bureaucracy. E. he enlarged the power of the French monarchy.
The Chinese acquired silk by
a. encouraging Chinese "silk pirates" who raided merchant shipping. b. importing raw silk from Europe. c. hiring Japanese labor to work in textile mills. d. conquering the neighboring Mongol regions. e. raising silkworms and pioneering silk cloth production.
The ideology of progressivism, insofar as it had one, generally
A. mixed a liberal concern for the poor with a conservative wish to control social disorder. B. was rooted in firm and fixed standards of morality and truth. C. stressed trying to meet the special needs of each identifiable private interest. D. called for redistribution of incomes from wealthy to poor, and a socialist approach to government.
John Marshall’s ruling in Marbury v. Madison was significant because it __________.
a) established the principle of judicial review b) declared the Louisiana Purchase unconstitutional c) led to the passage of the Judiciary Act d) led to the impeachment of James Madison