Johann Gutenberg invented paper and block printing
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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When Sulla and his troops marched on Rome
a. he did it with Senatorial support. b. Marius was his ally. c. it was the first march on Rome by a commander and his troops. d. it ended a period of civil war. e. they were defeated by Marius, and Sulla was forced to retire to the country.
What did Louis XIV's Edict of Fontainebleau achieve?
a. It created new ranks of intendants to govern various regions of France. b. It revoked the earlier Edict of Nantes and curtailed the rights of French Protestants. c. It established new standards of court etiquette and was intended to diminish the power of great nobles. d. It removed most French bishops from their sees and replaced them with nobles to strengthen Louis' control of the French Catholic Church. e. It moved the Estates General from Paris to Fontainebleau.
When U.S. Secretary of State John Hay sent the Open Door note, he
a. did not consult the Chinese. b. demanded equal spheres of influence for the U.S. c. was seeking a safe way home for U.S. missionaries in China. d. wanted European nations to grant some exclusive trade concessions for the United States in Shanghai. e. feared an uprising by Chinese revolutionaries.
Which of the following statements concerning the geography of Africa is most correct?
a) it lies in the tropics and contains mostly rain forests with the exception of the Sahara desert b) it lies mostly in the tropics but its surface is covered mainly by savannas, arid plains, and deserts. c) it lies primarily within temperate climatic zones, and consists mainly of grassy plains broken by occasional mountain ranges d) despite its location in a temperate zone, most of Africa is desert