All of the following statements about Juan Garrido are true EXCEPT
a. he planted the first wheat crop in the Americas.
b. he participated in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.
c. he remained a slave his entire life despite his many achievements.
d. he served for a time as a civil official in Spain’s Mexican empire.
c. he remained a slave his entire life despite his many achievements.
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Which of the following first made its appearance in India about 7,500 years ago?
a. llamas b. cotton thread c. sweet potato d. maize
Of the three philosophies competing for attention in medieval China,
a. Manichaeanism had the largest following. b. Confucianism triumphed because it adhered to the Chinese social need to support the concepts of hard work and filial piety. c. Buddhism prevailed because of its divine visions. d. Daoism triumphed because of its philosophical underpinnings. e. neither Buddhism nor Daoism ever offered an alternative to restrictive Confucian theology.
In order to stem the tide of Western encroachment and influence, a growing number of Chinese officials advocated a policy of _________, whose two most prominent advocates were Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan.
a. a harmonious society b. passive Confucianism c. passivism d. self-strengthening
Columbus's log of his first encounter with the New World and its inhabitants reveals which of the following? a. He wanted to profit from the land he had found by exploiting its natural resources, including its people. b. He wanted to exterminate all Native Americans and completely destroy the cultures they had built. c. He insisted that Europeans had come merely to observe, not to change,
the cultures of the New World'snative inhabitants. d. He believed that his primary goal should be to Christianize the native inhabitants of the land he had found.