Most of the population in Atlantic Africa from the Gambia River to the Niger Delta lived under what type of political system?
a. small kingdoms
b. large empires
c. village-states
d. tribal chiefdoms
c. village-states
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The following was TRUE of the development of the nations in Europe in the 1400s and 1500s EXCEPT
A) they became major and influential political organizations replacing both the smaller kingdoms and city-states. B) they became more important and commonplace by the late 1400s as Spain, France, Sweden, Scotland, and England were united by the respective monarchies. C) they overcame obstacles of geographical distance and difficulty of travel that might have discouraged their development. D) broad religious freedom and peace generally prevailed among the newly created European nations in Europe during the 1400s and 1500s.
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
A. enabled Mao to regain control of the party after the disastrous Great Leap Forward. B. attempted to use conservative party members to "cleanse" China of "impure socialist elements." C. created an academically more demanding curriculum in schools which stressed cogent thought and scientific training. D. fostered literacy in rural China. E. was directed mainly against middle-class Soviet technicians working in China.
One of the major demands of women reformers during the New Deal years was for
a. equal rights. b. equal pay. c. "protective legislation." d. greater sexual freedom. e. the right to vote.
After organizing the government, the First Congress turned its attention to Alexander Hamilton's economic proposals and enacted all of them EXCEPT
A. a procedure whereby the national government could pay off both its own debt and the combined debt of the states. B. a national bank. C. a provision that the judiciary should decide the constitutionality of regulating the economy. D. a tariff.