Why was the bombing of Pan Am Flight 109 over Scotland carried out?
A) in retaliation for the creation of U.S. military bases in Saudi Arabia
B) in retaliation for the shooting down of an Iranian civilian jetliner
C) in retaliation for the establishment of new Jewish settlements in Gaza
D) in retaliation for the U.S. invasion of Iraq
Answer: B
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a. Critical of South Carolina's decision to fire on Fort Sumter, many southerners called for peace negotiations. b. Nonslaveholders began openly to express their long-suppressed hostility toward slaveholders. c. Most southerners viewed the future with uncertainty. d. Confederate armies had more volunteers than the government could properly arm.
Which of the following statements best describes the spread of the Bantu peoples to southern and eastern Africa?
a. The Bantu were originally invited into small African states as mercenaries and guest workers, but eventually seized control of those states. b. The Bantu, thanks to their skill in metallurgy, were well-armed and quickly able to conquer their neighbors. c. The Bantu spread was a slow movement of peoples, often just a few families at a time. d. It was Bantu language and culture that spread, rather than Bantu people themselves, as neighbors emulated highly successful Bantu ways.
The power of the Venetian traders was based on trade network connections with which of the following?
a. Constantinople b. Genoa c. Damascus d. Cairo e. all of the above
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