The great Anglo-Saxon king of Wessex who pushed back Viking invasions and founded a strong state that lasted for about a century was
A) Alfred.
B) Ethelred.
C) Edward.
D) Harold.
E) Rollo.
Answer: A
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A) the establishment of regional culture in the South B) the establishment of large commercial plantations C) the formation of international trade links D) immigrants from moving to the South
In the mercantilist economic perspective, the role of overseas colonies was to
a. trade goods only with the mother country. b. supply goods to be used by the mother country to increase its economic advantage. c. extend competition with other nation-states based on which one had the most territories. d. create a new market for domestic trade. e. establish a monopoly on certain products.
Who among the following did NOT oppose Garrisonian abolitionism?
A. northerners, who seized Garrison and killed Lovejoy B. women, whom Garrison alienated when he refused to link the antislavery cause to women's rights C. other abolitionists, whom Garrison alienated with his radical condemnation of political solutions D. southerners, who drove antislavery sympathizers out of the South
Unlike many other philosophes of the Enlightenment, Rousseau __________.
A. questioned materialism B. promoted formal religious institutions C. believed government was inherently corrupt D. argued against laissez-faire economics