Whom did Cyrus defeat in 550 B.C.E.?
A. The Hebrews
B. The Magi
C. The Persians
D. The Medes
E. The Assyrians
Answer: D
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A) Shirley Chisholm. B) Barbara Jordan. C) Angela Davis. D) Sonia Sanchez.
After the demise of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty, and in an effort to regain control over Spain’s American possessions, the new French-descended Bourbons put into practice a series of reforms aimed at _________.
a. diversifying the economic base of its New World possessions to other European markets b. seeking new sources of mineral wealth c. extending the power of Spanish Church officials in the New World d. improving Spain’s naval connections and administrative control in the New World
When was the Monroe Doctrine written and who worte it? What did it stand for?
What will be an ideal response?
Characteristic of the thought and policies of the eighteenth-century Spanish Enlightenment was
A) a rigid orthodoxy in religion and politics. B) acceptance of French anticlericalism and deism. C) distrust of the power of reason to reform society. D) support for the Inquisition's right to pursue and punish heresy.