What is credited with altering the balance of power in Europe's favor over the Muslim world?
A) the Holy League
B) the advent of gunpowder as a weapon
C) superior European armies
D) the Renaissance and Scientific Revolution
E) Western imperialism
D
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Which of these describe Japan's Age of Warring States?
A) two rival emperors fighting for the throne B) daimyo battling each other under a puppet emperor C) a strong emperor bringing the daimyo to heel D) a period of constant fighting between Japan and Korea
The Chinese referred to oracles to foretell the future by a. Reading the signs made by the calls of owls at night
b. Animal sacrifice rituals. c. Reading the ash of burned poppy leaves. d. Interpreting the cracks resulting from placing a heated poker on the shoulder blade bone of cattle, turtle shells, and plastrons. e. Burning the ashes of ancestors.
How did city governments become more like businesses during the early 1900s?
A) They became more corrupt, working for the wealthy and crushing the masses with unfair housing, tax, and employment laws. B) They became more supportive of the masses, creating health, housing, and employment programs to help the poor. C) They became balanced by competitive political parties and special interest groups, just as big businesses were balanced by unions versus management. D) They created systems of managers supported by experts, stressing continuity, efficiency, and results. E) They became embroiled in bureaucracy and regulations and could not function properly as a result.
From the 1200s on, a safe generalization would be that compared to English kings, French kings had
a. fewer legal limitations on their power but more difficulty keeping their realms united. b. more legal limitations on their power, but fewer difficulties keeping their realms united. c. fewer legal limitations on their power and less difficulty keeping their realms united. d. more legal limitations on their power and more difficulty keeping their realms united. e. roughly the same powers.