Ashley says, "The porch light was shining like the North Star." This is an example of _______
A) connotative language
B) a simile
C) a metaphor
D) parallel language
B
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Your text includes several references to Europeans ignoring or underrating the role of Africa in early human history and the ancient world. What is the explanation for Europeans’ refusal to acknowledge Africa?
a) Europeans had developed a skewed view of Africans as backward and inferior. b) African accounts tend to overrate the significance of African states. c) African kingdoms had little or no relationship to Europe until the 1900s. d) There is still significant disagreement as to the geographic origins of the human species.
Louis the Pious worked to break Frankish tradition and leave Lothar, the eldest of his three sons, as sole heir. However, after Louis's second wife bore his fourth son, __________.
A. Lothar worked with his brothers to defeat their father B. Louis decided to leave the throne to that new son, Charles C. Louis retired, leaving Lothar as co-regent D. Louis asked the pope to annul the second marriage
When Bactria was overrun by nomadic tribesmen
A) Roman conquest followed. B) the Greek government there disappeared. C) religious wars ensued. D) self-rule by the Indian middle class resulted.. E) conquest of India by China was made possible.
In Gothic architecture, pointed arches, _____________, allowed for higher vertical thrusts in weight distribution, resulting in soaring church naves.
a. Despite being prone to collapse during the construction process. b. Originally sketched out in a treatise by Abbot Suger. c. Flattened out over a distance of 100 feet on average. d. Copied from Islamic architecture through contact with Sicily and Spain.