According to the text, which country became the first great consumer society by practicing widespread conspicuous consumption of non-essential goods?
a. United Provinces
b. Italy
c. France
d. England
e. Germany
d
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What happened to southern interest in abolishing slavery after Nat Turner's revolt in 1831?
A) It grew gradually due to the influence of abolitionism. B) Southern ministers became more militant in their sermons denouncing the evils of slavery. C) Southern states made it increasingly difficult for masters to free their slaves. D) Because new slaves continued to be imported from Africa, it did not matter if some were freed who were already in America.
The "green revolution" was a movement that led to
a. the creation of new hybrid crops that were heavily dependent on fertilizers and pesticides. b. a movement away from fertilizers and pesticides. c. the development of genetically modified crops. d. a new focus on the growing of more nutritious and efficient foods and away from livestock production.
Which of the following most likely contributed to the ultimate defeat of the German Army?
A) Hitler's decision to engage in a blitzkrieg attack against Great Britain. B) Hitler's decision to invade the Soviet Union. C) Hitler's attack on the Jewish people of Europe. D) Hitler's support for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Byzantines exercised all the following influences EXCEPT
a. stimulating learning in both the Islamic world and Latin Christendom. b. providing all Slavs with their religion, literate culture, and alphabet. c. creating and spreading the Cyrillic alphabet. d. strongly influencing the Latin Romanians. e. bequeathing civilization to much of Eastern Europe.