The Umayyad dynasty began with the assassination of Ali in 661 followed by the reign of the caliph
a. Ali.
b. Fatima.
c. Abu Bakr.
d. Muawiya.
e. Umar.
d
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Dramatic cultural changes occurred about 600 BCE in India when
A) invasions from China altered India?s political structure. B) a radical religious sect attacked the traditional Vedic beliefs. C) Confucianism was adopted. D) catastrophic flooding resulting from a typhoon destroyed the major urban areas. E) an epidemic drastically reduced the population.
English colonization efforts in Ireland and North America were similar in that in both places the
a. Protestants comprised an overwhelming majority of the population. b. English used brutal tactics, including massacring women and children, to subdue the native peoples. c. English liberated the oppressed natives and introduced democratic self-government. d. English admired and copied many of the traditions and beliefs of the natives. e. conquest was accomplished without bloodshed.
In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the Supreme Court accepted the argument that
a. educational facilities that are separate are, by their very nature, unequal. b. society's need for an educated citizenry outweighed any freedom-of-association rights of minors. c. segregation of any public facility threatened American relations with other nations. d. as taxpayers, African Americans were part owners of all facilities paid for by taxes and therefore had theright of equal access to those facilities
Acclaimed throughout South America as a liberator, Bolívar was born in
a. Bolivia. b. Mexico. c. Ecuador. d. Venezuela. e. Nicaragua.