A likely reason that the Persians wanted to invade Greece during the fifth century B.C.E. was
a. to gain new tributary states.
b. to prove that they could.
c. for religious reasons.
d. to avenge the destruction of Susa.
a
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The Crimean War was the first to:
A. utilize modern trench warfare. B. engineer and use early airplanes. C. be covered by war correspondents and photographers. D. issue modern mess kits, including penicillin. E. result in more than 2 million casualties.
The proposed East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere was designed to
a. create better trade relations between Asian nations. b. forge a stronger economic alliance with the West. c. create a self-sufficiency economic zone, led by Japan. d. establish a union of Asian nations, led by China. e. None of these choices.
Which of the following is true of the Greek poleis or city-states?
a. Some were oligarchic and some were democratic. b. They featured an acropolis and an agora. c. They had fortified walls. d. Many people living inside the fortified walls worked on nearby farms outside the walls. e. All of the above.
Which of the following best characterizes the creole languages that developed among slaves in some parts of the southern colonies in the seventeenth century?
A) Creole languages were a mixture of English and different African languages. B) Creole languages were based on African languages. C) Creole languages were a mixture of French, English, and Dutch languages. D) Creole languages were written versions of African languages. E) Creole languages were informal, colloquial versions of English.