How did Mongkut and Chulalongkorn save Siam from domination by imperialistic Europeans?
a. By granting them easy access to the country's raw materials
b. By establishing strong trade links with potential conquering nations
c. By giving up small parts of the country to protect the kingdom's core
d. By building a strong military to defeat French and British invasions
e. By enlisting the aid of foreign missionaries
c
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A) was cautious in his use of Cold War rhetoric. B) was a committed internationalist. C) was willing to consider the use of nuclear weapons. D) believed the United States should shoulder the burdens of protector of the free world.
In early 1991, Gorbachev began a strategic political retreat in response to opposition from:
A. the Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. B. a group, including Boris Yeltsin, which wanted rapid democracy. C. the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party, which refused to give up Leninist principles. D. conservatives who controlled much of the social and economic scene. E. party leaders in East Germany and Hungary.
The slogan of the French Revolution was __________
A) "No Taxation Without Representation" B) "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" C) "No to Absolutism" D) "Land, Peace, and Bread"
The Philistines who invaded Canaan in the early twelfth century B.C. probably came from
a. the Aegean Islands and the coast of Asia Minor. b. Mesopotamia. c. the Western Mediterranean. d. Persia. e. Palestine.