The term empire refers to a territory
A) larger than a kingdom, including many different peoples, governed by a single ruler or a single community.
B) larger than a kingdom, including many different peoples, governed by many rulers.
C) that encompasses a vast geographic region, incorporating the city-states of several other cultures, ruled by a single ruler.
D) that encompasses at least 450,000 square miles and incorporates many people speaking a variety of languages, practicing a variety of religions, governed by a single ruler.
E) None of these
A
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The Bessemer process
A) converted steam into power. B) enabled steel manufacturers to reduce injuries. C) transformed iron into steel more efficiently. D) made a stronger, but more expensive steel.
Which of the following statements best characterizes the totalitarian state in the 1930s?
A. It was democratic and championed individualism and democratic freedoms. B. It was an all-compassing, authoritarian dictatorship that subordinated individual needs, and employed police power and mass propaganda to achieve total control. C. It limited its authoritarian dictates to the political and economic aspects of the state's affairs, in an effort to have freer social and cultural choices serve as means of placating the masses. D. It wanted the masses to keep quiet and not obstruct state policy. E. It depended upon the appeasement policies of the Eastern democracies.
The men and women who wanted to abolish slavery wherever it existed
A. comprised a vast majority. B. included all who were opposed to slavery. C. formed a tiny minority. D. constituted about half of the antislavery movement.
Alfred Nobel became famous for
a. his discoveries of biological differentiation based on race. b. the development of chemical weapons. c. his endowment of awards for peace. d. writing the Treaty of Geneva conventions. e. assassinating Tsar Alexander II.