The Inca city of Cuzco was:
a. Built out of two islands in the middle of a lake.
b. Protected by walls built with stone blocks weighing up to 100 tons.
c. Built on a commanding bluff on the Pacific coast.
d. Laid out in a haphazard, improvised fashion.
b. Protected by walls built with stone blocks weighing up to 100 tons.
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In the United States Senate, the most controversial part of the Treaty of Versailles was its provision for
A) a colonial "mandate" system. B) war reparations. C) the League of Nations. D) freedom of the seas.
President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) __________
A) resulted in large expenditures to create a missile shield that failed B) was ultimately thwarted by Congress C) emphasized the use of traditional weapons rather nuclear arsenals D) was opposed by defense industry leaders
In Peter the Great's Russia, the Table of Ranks was intended to do what?
A. base power on the aristocratic family tree B. increase the local power of the boyars C. reduce the local power of the boyars D. None of these answers is correct.
African rulers sold slaves to the Europeans as:
a. A means of preventing their conversion to Islam. b. A form of terrorizing their rivals in other African kingdoms. c. Luxury items to be exchanged for other luxury items. d. A competition with the Islamic slave traders on the East African coast.