All of the following are true of nineteenth-century miners except
a. they labored under the hazards of cave-ins.
b. sometimes miners faced explosions and deadly gas fumes.
c. life under the mines was dark, cold, wet, and tenuous.
d. miners toiled their lives away in "the pits."
e. mine owners improved working conditions.
e
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All of the following were true of Safavid Iran except
A. its wealth was much greater than its neighbors, the Mughal and Ottoman empires. B. it had to trade with Europe through southern Russia, since the Europeans controlled the seas to the south and the Ottomans controlled the lands to the west. C. it produced many items that were in high demand in many other parts of the world. D. it maintained a respectable level of thought and learning in philosophy, science, medicine, and mathematics. E. it contained large minority populations, though most of the population was of Iranian background.
What was the Pax Romana?
A) a form of currency B) an extended period of peace C) the government system that replaced the Republic D) the language of the Romans
The vast majority of inhabitants along the coast of South Carolina by the 1760s consisted of
A) rice planters. B) Charleston tourists. C) black slaves. D) poor German and Scots-Irish immigrants.
What percentage of women lived without a spouse in 2005?
A) 51 percent B) 41 percent C) 21 percent D) 31 percent