What key port in East Africa did Afonso de Albuquerque seize in 1505?
A. Mombasa
B. Hormuz
C. Melaka
D. Goa
Answer: A
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A. Social change for queer rights is happening at the micro and the macro level. B. A handful of activists are responsible for the growth of queer civil rights. C. People rarely express distress about gains in civil rights. D. Parents are more affirming of queer rights than children.
The "new immigrants" who arrived in America after 1890 differed from the older immigrants in that they
a. were Protestant. b. came from southern and eastern Europe. c. were much more politically conservative. d. settled primarily in rural areas.
From the beginning of the war, Lincoln contended that __________
A) destroying slavery was his chief war aim B) saving the Union was more important than abolishing slavery C) rebellious southern states needed to be brought back into the Union as soon as possible D) black soldiers were inferior to white soldiers
The 1902 federal law setting aside the proceeds from land sales to finance irrigation projects out West was:
A) the National Reclamation Act. B) the Timber Culture Act. C) the Timber and Stone Act. D) the Homestead Act. E) the Western Watering Act.