Abbasid work in the sciences continued the work of ________
A) Roman intellectuals
B) the Hellenistic world
C) south Asian scientists
D) Turkic intellectuals
B
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During his reign, Pope Innocent gave official sanction to two new monastic orders: __________.
A. Augustinians and Jesuits B. Franciscans and Dominicans C. Albigensians and Dominicans D. Dominicans and Waldensians
By the early seventeenth century, the French
A) developed a fur trade in Canada. B) rapidly populated the province of Quebec. C) befriended the Iroquois in local Indian wars. D) became preoccupied with internal struggles.
When one American military officer in the Mexican War complained of a "thousand prying eyes and brazen tongues," he was mostly referring to __________
A) photographers who used the recently invented daguerreotype to capture images of the war B) "war correspondents" sent by the press so that they could be independent of military reports C) antislavery factions who were concerned that gaining Mexican lands would increase slavery D) Mexican guerrillas who launched vicious attacks on United States forces in Mexico
The Portuguese insulted the Muslims they came into contact with by displaying ____ on their sails
a. Portuguese flags b. crescents c. the pope's holy insignia d. Crusader crosses e. cross and bones