How did Spain maintain its influence on its colonizers in America?
a. by limiting the number of women settlers
b. by controlling trade between Spain and America
c. by legitimizing the conquests through the encomienda system
d. all of the above
Answer: c. by legitimizing the conquests through the encomienda system
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The Egyptian novelist who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1988 was
a. Muhammad Fawzi. b. Muammar Qadhafi. c. Naguib Mahfouz. d. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. e. Khalil Gibran.
___________ was excellent for textile mills because it had running water, plenty of investment capital, and cheap labor.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
During the 1870s and 1880s, most of the immigrants to the United States came from
A. Italy and the Slavic countries. B. Japan and China. C. Mexico. D. England, Ireland, and northern Europe. E. Poland, Hungary, and Russia.
What are some possible conclusions we can draw from the discovery of Turkana Boy?
A. Though capable hunters and biologically well-adapted to their environments, early hominins possessed limited intelligence and were likely to die young. B. Early hominins died out because they were unable to work together and frequently murdered members of their own kind. C. Early hominins had brains similar in size to our own but did not possess the physical structures to produce language. D. Early hominins were quite helpless and were easy prey for larger animals.