Sugar cane was first grown in the West Indies by Spanish colonists shortly after 1500, but after 1600 the crop switched. Why?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER:
the English and French grew tobacco there.
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a. Tanjore. b. Delhi. c. Ghazna. d. Vijayanagar.
Which university served as the center of student protest during the early 1960s?
A) University of California at Berkeley B) Ohio State C) Howard University D) Kent State
Japanese culture during the Meiji Restoration
a. was unaffected by foreign influences, unlike the economic and governmental areas of Japanese life. b. was characterized by a period of fascination with Western art, followed by a period of reaction, during which artists searched for authentic Japanese modes of statement. c. included poetry influenced by Abstract Expressionism and Classic Romanticism. d. was ignored by European and North American artists and writers. e. was entirely inspired by recent Chinese models.
Explain the problems of pluralism and assimilation faced by many contemporary European societies. How are these problems the product of centuries of European history? How are the challenges being handled?
What will be an ideal response?