According to Homer's Iliad, during the Dark Ages, Greece was at war with which area?
a. Persia
b. Rome.
c. Phoenicians
d. Troy
e. Thrace
d
You might also like to view...
What were the recommendations of the Kerner Commission?
A) strengthening of local police forces to ensure that law and order could be maintained in the nation's cities. B) increases in federal expenditures for programs that provided assistance to urban African-Americans. C) financing a system of medical care for the elderly. D) a 20 percent increase in the defense budget, a five-fold increase in the purchase of intercontinental ballistic missiles, and the building of nuclear submarines armed with Polaris missiles. E) more jails, larger police forces, and a reinstitution of the death penalty.
Why did proponents of "soft money" advocate issuance of paper "greenbacks" and expanded coinage of silver?
A) "Soft money" in circulation promoted inflation that would raise farm prices and reduce debt. B) "Soft money" would lower interest rates. C) Silver was more plentiful and valuable than gold. D) "Soft money" would lead to huge subsidies paid by consumers to business.
The South's "positive good" arguments for slavery claimed that slaves themselves
a. showed their approval by never rebelling. b. were constantly expressing their gratitude to masters. c. benefited from receiving education and job training. d. were better off than Native Americans. e. were better off than most northern wage earners.
In the 1920s, sports became big business, especially ____ and ____
a. golf; sailing b. soccer; baseball c. football; basketball d. wrestling; boxing e. boxing; baseball