A major problem for the Second Assyrian Empire was that it became ___________.
A. devastated by disease
B. too large to govern efficiently
C. ravaged by draught
D. torn by religious strife
Answer: B
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A. multiculturalism B. fundamentalist Christianity C. secular humanism D. feminism
After the fall of Rome in the fifth century, the western Roman Empire
a. became known as the Byzantine Empire. b. fell under the control of Constantine. c. fragmented into a handful of Germanic kingdoms. d. had no powerful rulers or authority. e. reasserted Roman rule.
What event helped overcome republican fears of a standing Continental Army?
A. the battle of Bunker Hill B. the passage of the Quartering Act by Parliament C. the dwindling number of "citizen-soldier" volunteers D. General Washington's reassurance of professionalism in the officer ranks
What was Catherine the Great's attitude toward the program of Westernization?
A) Catherine flirted vigorously with the ideas of the French Enlightenment, but failed to take steps to abolish serfdom. B) Catherine rejected the concepts of Westernization in favor of a distinctive Russian culture. C) Catherine earned the title of Enlightened monarch by fully embracing the ideas of the French Enlightenment, including the abolition of the serfs. D) Catherine was eager to continue the policy of Westernization, but was unable to attract Western philosophers to backward Russia.