Which of these Jesuit missionaries learned Sanskrit in an effort to gain converts?
A) Francis Xavier
B) Matteo Ricci
C) Adam Schall
D) Robert di Nobili
D
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Which general led a siege on Atlanta and subsequent March to the Sea?
a. General George B. McClellan b. General Robert E. Lee c. General Ulysses S. Grant d. General William T. Sherman
The English archaeologist who in the early 20th century unearthed the remains of a great palace at Knossos was
A) Cedric Holland. B) Michael Ventris. C) Arthur Evans. D) Heinrich Schliemann. E) Louis Leakey.
The Watergate scandal involved a break-in of the
A) White House. B) Pentagon. C) Democratic National Committee headquarters. D) offices of Democratic congressional leaders. E) office of George McGovern.
In the Early Middle Ages, the cultivation of new land was hard for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A) the heavy soils of northern Europe were difficult to plow. B) climatic changes, including frequent heat waves, caused much of the land to be unfit for agricultural cultivation. C) crude tools of the era made land clearing arduous. D) German tribes traditionally considered trees sacred and resisted cutting them down. E) All of these are correct.