The highly prized luxury goods of the Asians were most important for European expansion because they__________
A) served as preservatives aboard ships
B) provided a motivation to take to the seas
C) financed journeys to the New World
D) offered means of bartering
B
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Australia was founded
A) by the French as a defensive outpost. B) by the Italians as a leper colony. C) by the Dutch as a commercial colony. D) by the British as a penal colony. E) by the Portuguese as a trading post.
Thomas Jefferson envisioned the United States as a nation of
A) passionate intellectuals. B) thriving industry. C) independent yeoman farmers. D) fiery revolutionaries. E) wealthy slave owners.
According to the text, the Hebrews' new conception of God led to a new conception of self by
a. holding that humankind is the centerpiece of God's creation. b. stating that humankind was created in God's image. c. giving humankind volition, the power to choose between good and evil. d. insisting that God did not create humankind to be his slaves. e. all of the above
The cities whose population grew from 172,000 to 2,700,000 and from 960,000 to 6,500,000 during the 1800s, respectively, were
A. New York and Tokyo. B. Paris and London. C. Berlin and Milan. D. Berlin and London. E. Batavia and Shanghai.