What is the gentry?
A) Dispossessed nobles
B) Royal officials created by Richelieu
C) Wealthy, ambitious, and educated families
D) Free farmers
E) Wealthy urban merchants
Ans: C
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a. Heraclitus. c. Socrates. b. Sophus. d. Plato.
Choose the correct chronological order of the events below:
a. First Ottoman-Russian war; Ottoman siege of Vienna; Crimean War; Napoleon’s occupation of Egypt. b. Ottoman siege of Vienna; Napoleon’s occupation of Egypt; First Ottoman-Russian war; Crimean War c. Ottoman siege of Vienna; First Ottoman-Russian war; Napoleon’s occupation of Egypt; Crimean War d. Napoleon’s occupation of Egypt; Crimean War; Ottoman siege of Vienna; First Ottoman-Russian war.
What was the initial experience of the Spanish in Tenochtitlan?
a. The natives of the city and the Tlaxcalans fought off a Spanish attempt to take the city. b. Moctezuma would not allow the Spanish to enter the city. c. Tenochtitlan seemed abandoned by its natives in fear of the Spanish arms and horses. d. The Great Speaker Moctezuma allowed the Spanish to enter the city unharmed. e. Cortés ordered the execution of Moctezuma.
What urban housing design, once hailed as a helpful innovation, turned out to be a dangerous blight on the cityscape?
A. the settlement house B. the dumbbell tenement C. the el D. the skyscraper