The Sumerians were the first people to do all of the following EXCEPT
A) use the wheel as a load-bearing device.
B) use horse-drawn chariots in warfare.
C) design and make iron weapons and tools.
D) use the plow.
E) design and build irrigation systems powered by gravity.
C
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In the postwar period, European countries actively recruited immigrants from Africa because
A) their labor force had been decimated by the war. B) they wanted to increase their cultural diversity. C) they held sympathy for the struggling survivors of the newly independent African colonies. D) their economies needed additional consumers. E) Europeans had overcome their prewar xenophobia.
Simón Bolívar’s “Gran Colombia” encompassed the modern states of _______________.
a. Belize, Haiti, Colombia, and Venezuela b. Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama c. Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela d. None of these
What were the chief problems of the Ottoman Empire in the second half of the nineteenth century, and what attempts were made to solve them? How did the Ottoman government deal with Balkan independence movements, and how did its policies result in the partial dismantling of the empire?
What will be an ideal response?
The Social Security Act of 1935
A. originally included a program for universal health-care. B. covered all full-time working American citizens. C. initially only offered a pension for retired workers. D. was opposed by President Franklin Roosevelt as being too costly. E. did not begin making payments to participants for years.