Since the 1970s, an economically huge and sociopolitically disruptive export crop from Latin America has been
a. cotton. c. cocaine
b. coffee. d. cane sugar
c
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Our knowledge of Maya history has been much enhanced by the discovery
A) that many of the sculptured glyphs record important events in the lives of Maya rulers. B) of native codices containing much historical material. C) that Maya writing was truly syllabic and could easily be deciphered. D) of a Spanish translation of Maya oral historical traditions.
How was the dissolution of European empires different from the dissolution of previous empires in world history?
a. It took place only in Africa. b. It generated a mass of new nation-states. c. It happened suddenly. d. It happened peacefully.
Brilliantly parodying the traditional family sitcom neighborhood, The Simpsons’ town of Springfield ______.
A. is clearly a metaphor for Washington, D.C., politics B. satirizes and challenges rather than extols the American Dream C. challenges the ideas of the normal “nuclear family” D. forgoes progressivism and reverts to older ideals of family values
In the totalitarian state, the individual a. was allowed to retain private moral judgment
b. was able to question authority if dictated by conscience. c. existed for the purpose of enabling the state to build a new social order. d. could hold unorthodox opinions if they were kept private. e. none of the above