One of the most formidable and powerful families in Italy was the Medici in Florence
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Ans: T
You might also like to view...
Confederate officials ordered the Union commander of Fort Sumter to surrender when they learned that
A) Union soldiers had fired upon Confederates. B) the Union was plotting to overthrow the Confederate president. C) Union forces were approaching from the Atlantic. D) President Lincoln had ordered that supplies be sent to the fort. E) South Carolina had decided to secede from the Union.
All of the following is correct about the shogun in Japan except he
a. was the emperor. b. ruled in the name of the emperor. c. was a powerful military general. d. was a member of the Tokugawa family for 250 years. e. ruled from the city of Edo.
By the end of World War II, the Pacific Coast had become the center of the American ________ industry.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Why would the Watt and Boulton steam engine prove so desirable for factory owners?
a) It used only about 20 percent of the coal the Newcomen Engine required and operated on a continuous cycle. b) It was a much simpler design than the Newcomen Engine. Consider This: British textile exports, which had already doubled in quantity in the first half of the eighteenth century, went on to triple in the second half. See 7.2.3: An Engineer’s Touch. c) It used no condensing chamber at all. Consider This: British textile exports, which had already doubled in quantity in the first half of the eighteenth century, went on to triple in the second half. See 7.2.3: An Engineer’s Touch. d) Replacement parts could be made by any blacksmith. Consider This: British textile exports, which had already doubled in quantity in the first half of the eighteenth century, went on to triple in the second half. See 7.2.3: An Engineer’s Touch.