Among the Zhou advances was a complex system of water management built in 250 B.C.E. on what river?
a. Xi
b. Yangzi
c. Mekong
d. Yalu
e. Yellow
b
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Which of the following has been blamed for the wrongful conviction of Alfred Dreyfus?
A) popular sovereignty B) romantic nationalism C) slavophilia D) anti-Semitism
According to your text, all of the following were basic tenets of most existentialist thinkers EXCEPT
a. reason alone cannot guide our lives. b. thoughts need to be acted on. c. human existence has no externally determined purpose. d. human life cannot have meaning. e. self-realization comes when one's uniqueness is affirmed.
What was the progression of the slave trade in the American colonies over the course of the 1700s?
a. Slave imports to the Chesapeake increased, as tobacco markets flourished, while the slave trade plummeted in South Carolina. b. The slave trade became an important economic activity throughout the colonies. c. In the Chesapeake, the slave trade became less important as the slave population increased naturally, while Deep South planters remained dependent on the slave trade. d. Slave traders shifted their focus to importing female slaves, to better balance the slave population. e. The slave trade withered away because it had become unprofitable.
What prevented the Ottoman Turks from advancing further into Europe?
A) The strength of the eastern European armies was such that they could not conquer them. B) The empire was so vast; they had to fight on too many fronts to maintain control. Therefore, they could not advance further into Europe. C) The Ottomans realized that the eastern territory they had already seized provided enough resources for empire. They did not need to advance further. D) The pleas of the peoples not to advance further but protect their borders and traditions stopped the sultan. E) None of these