What did Columbus think of the first people he encountered?
a. He thought they were greedy.
b. He thought they would submit and share their land readily.
c. He thought their religion was in many ways superior to his own.
d. He thought they were cannibals.
B
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A) Duchy of Benevento B) Roman Empire C) Abbasid caliphate D) Umayyad caliphate
For what did the Salafi movement advocate?
A) It called for any obstacles to Islam be moved by persuasion and force, if necessary. B) It called for a primitive Islamic community like the one founded in the early days of Muhammad. C) It called for a rejection of blind obedience to religious tradition. D) It called for the creation of an independent Arab-speaking nation covering much of the Middle East. E) It called for a return to the 10th century when the Muslims had free intellectual inquiry and study of sciences.
Roman trade routes were so expansive that they reached China.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Modernists claimed victory in the Scopes trial because a. they believed the testimony in the trial proved fundamentalism to be illogical. b. they believed that William Jennings Bryan's eloquent defense of academic freedom led to greater nationalacceptance of that concept
c. the Supreme Court subsequently overturned the conviction of John Scopes. d. the state of Tennessee repealed its law prohibiting public-school instructors from teaching the theory ofevolution.