Describe how the geography of Mesopotamia allowed interactions both friendly and hostile, with other peoples
What will be an ideal response?
First describe the features of the Mesopotamian valley itself, then briefly describe the surrounding geographic regions. To what extent did individual features, distinct to these regions, such as mountain ranges, deserts, rivers, promote or inhibit exchanges of culture and peoples?
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Senator McCarthy's anticommunist crusade ended when he
a. began to attack the personal integrity of General George C. Marshall. b. alleged that there were communists in Hollywood. c. alleged that there were communists in the Foreign Service. d. alleged that many college professors were communists. e. maliciously and recklessly attacked the U.S. Army for allegedly sheltering communists.
Before the Civil War, how did working-class men amuse themselves?
a. They watched baseball when it was warm and football when it was cold. b. Most of their leisure time was spent in church or on church-related activities. c. Drinking was their favorite social distraction. d. They preferred quiet evenings at home with their families.
Religion is an element of cultural diversity that has led to conflict in some regions because
a) religion always represents the most traditional worldviews of a population. b) adherents of one religion may try to organize space or society in a way that differs from other groups. c) all religions compete for control of territory and attempt to convert as many people as possible. d) many people follow more than one religion or have non-religious ideas. e) migrants leave their religion behind when they migrate to a new area.
The upper-class plantation mistress
A. faced an unexpected variety of burdensome managerial and service duties. B. enjoyed the unique luxury of criticizing her own role in society as well as the slave system in general. C. accepted a sexual code that kept white women pure but tolerated sexual relations between white men and slave women. D. lived a life of leisure centered around artistic and literary pursuits.