The purges of the 1930s involved the
A) eradication of the foreign investors from Russia.
B) millions of Russians that faced trial and execution for supporting Trotsky and his undermining of the Communist party.
C) ousting of party members that did not support Stalin's new policy of economic reform.
D) secret police evicting tenets that cannot pay their rent.
E) None of these
B
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Life in Southeast Asia was
a. centered on large cities for most of the population. b. lived by most people in houses made of stone. c. more male-controlled than in China. d. more favorable for women than elsewhere in Asia. e. based upon hunter-gatherer societies.
Roosevelt's economic policies at the beginning of his second term revealed his desire to
a. expand relief programs for the homeless. b. balance the budget. c. end economic discrimination against racial minorities. d. experiment with Keynesian economic principles.
Peter the Great (r. 1685-1725) sought to modernize Russia by orienting the empire toward
a. Western Europe. b. Byzantine. c. Safavids. d. China. e. Central Asian Steppes.
Why was “America” named after Amerigo Vespucci?
A) Vespucci published a falsified travel account that convinced mapmakers that he had been the first European to reach the continent. B) Vespucci had been on Columbus’s last voyage, but unlike Columbus realized that they had found a new continent. C) Vespucci’s travels to the Americas brought great wealth to Spain, and he was rewarded with a continent named for him. D) Vespucci was the first person to make contact with what is now the Bahamas, and the continent he reached was named after him. E) Vespucci convinced the king and queen of Spain that Columbus had falsified reports of his travels, and proved that it was he who had been the first to reach the Americas.