The Cuban Missile Crisis began when __________
A) the Soviet Union encountered a U.S. blockade in Cuban waters
B) the United States discovered that the Soviet Union was installing nuclear weapons in Cuba
C) the United States attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro
D) Fidel Castro seized power and took over the island of Cuba
B
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In the Potsdam Declaration of 1945, the United States attempted to
a. demilitarize the Soviet Union. b. withdraw all of its troops from western Europe. c. inform Japan about U.S. nuclear capabilities. d. open the door for a Japanese surrender.
Gargantua and Pantagruel by the French humanist Rabelais
A) made powerful attacks on the abuses of the Catholic Church. B) remains the most praised of Renaissance poetry. C) advocated tolerance. D) was banned. E) supported traditional political systems.
The people whose conquest in 525 B.C.E. ended Egyptian independence in the ancient world were the
A) Nubians. B) Hebrews. C) Persians. D) Greeks. E) Kush.
The U.S. and British forces invaded Sicily in 1943
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.