In 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in ____________ coating over a thousand miles of pristine coastline with crude oil
A) the Gulf of Mexico
B) the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico
C) Prince William sound in Alaska
D) the Chesapeake Bay
C
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Public pressure surrounding the Whitewater scandal forced the appointment of ________ as a special prosecutor
A) Bernard Shaw B) Janet Reno C) Burt Lance D) Kenneth W. Starr
The northern sultanates, such as the regime of Ala-ud-din of the Tughluqs, supported their economies through __________.
a. Sponsoring extensive trade networks with Chinese traders. b. Creating government-run and –operated kilns for porcelain production. c. Heavy taxation, including the jizya tax on non-Muslims. d. Easing restrictions on the immigration of Hindus into their domains.
The diplomatic records of the immediate postwar years show that
a. Secretary of War Stimson favored using the atomic bomb in Eastern Europe. b. the Soviets had no desire to develop an atomic bomb of their own. c. American possession of the atomic bomb was never mentioned directly in diplomatic discussions. d. some American officials believed that the U.S. could deter Soviet expansion by using the atomic bomb as abargaining tool.
Perhaps the greatest inhibiting factor for American artists in the first half of the nineteenth century was the
a. lack of first-rate art schools. b. Puritan prejudice that art was a waste of time. c. cultural dependence on Europe. d. lack of adequate patronage from the wealthy or the government. e. popular suspicion of artistic creativity.