In 1974, OPEC raised the price it charged for oil by 400 percent
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
TRUE
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As a result of the agricultural revolution, land increasingly came to be treated as
A) a commodity to be exploited. B) unnecessary for economic growth. C) a feudal possession. D) public property. E) free for all to use.
The city of Mecca was controlled by the ________ tribe
A) Quraysh B) al-Gebra C) al-Mahdi D) al-Saud E) none of the above
Which of the following statements about slavery in Europe is false?
a. Christian slave merchants sold slaves from North Africa, Corsica, and Sardinia. b. Narrowly defining Christians as Roman allowed slave traders to sell Greeks as slaves until 1453. c. Most Black Sea slaves were women. d. Religious prohibitions prevented Muslims from selling other Muslims as slaves. e. Genoese and Venetian merchants dominated the slave trade in the eastern Mediterranean.
In 1933, two days after he took office, President Franklin Roosevelt
A. sent the National Industrial Recovery Act to Congress. B. closed all banks for a short period. C. ended prohibition. D. presented to Congress a relief plan for the unemployed. E. took the country off the gold standard.