Eighteenth-century enlightened rulers were not always "enlightened," but they were also hindered in instituting necessary reforms because of the power still held by the hereditary aristocracy
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Nigeria by the 21st century
A) has succeeded in modernizing its economy. B) has established a free society. C) has avoided religious wars. D) has experienced little ethnic strife. E) continues to be riddled with corruption, ethnic strife, military rule, and religious wars.
What prompted the passage of the Balfour-type declaration thirty years later?
A) The displaced persons after World War II B) The genocide of the Nazis C) The Holocaust D) The chronic anti-Semitism prevalent in Europe E) All of these
Ccording to the Arguing History video in section 1.6, estimates of the number of people who lived in the Americas before the European arrival fall between
A) 100,000 and 500,000 B) 1 million and 5 million C) 10 million and 100 million D) 800 million and 1 billion
An unfortunate effect of the dispute between America and Great Britain over Venezuela's boundary was that it
A) encouraged Americans to believe they could achieve their foreign policy goals by threat and bluster. B) disrupted the international coffee market. C) encouraged American isolationism. D) demonstrated America's continuing weakness in world affairs.