What quality did the Renaissance and Reformation share?
A) a desire to maximize profits through capitalism
B) a rejection of the Bible
C) acceptance of art and sculpture that emphasized the beauty of the human body
D) a questioning of the status quo
D
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Mansa Musa, a ruler of the Mali Empire in the fourteenth century, __________
A) was known for his extreme cruelty to his slaves B) introduced Christianity to the West Sudan region C) was one of the wealthiest rulers the world has known D) was massacred by European armies after trying to stop the slave trade
In Marcus Aurelius's Rome, a recurrent formula for saving the state from crisis involved
a. politicizing the military. b. dividing the government and delegating responsibility. c. enlisting the aid of Persian allies. d. paying tributes to the poorer Germanic peoples in Europe.
In the election of 1844, James K. Polk
a. advocated legislation prohibiting the admission of any more slave states to the union. b. threatened to declare war on England. c. promised to acquire Texas and Oregon. d. lost the presidency to Henry Clay. e. opposed slavery.
During World War I, extensive systems of trenches were used by both sides
A. because newly improved weaponry made conventional field battles too destructive. B. both because the destructive power of weapons meant soldiers could not live in the open field, and because trenches prevented tanks from reaching the soldiers' positions. C. because soldiers were safer from poisonous mustard gas closer to the ground. D. because trenches prevented tanks from reaching the soldiers' positions. E. None of these answers is correct.