European state-building in the early modern period resembled state-building in China and Japan in all of the following ways except
a. they had to find a balance between centralizing and decentralizing forces.
b. talented civil servants fostered modernization.
c. the personalities of the leaders played a significant role.
d. there was an increase in the use of unified law codes.
b
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What was Rudyard Kipling’s difficulty with his son, Jack, seeking to enlist in the army?
a) Kipling was aware of the dangers facing soldiers at the front, but having helped spread the government’s pro-war message, he considered it hypocritical to discourage his own son from going. b) Kipling, long a pacifist, hoped to convince his son not to go, but relented when Jack made it clear that he would go to the newspapers with the story if his father interfered. Consider This: Rudyard Kipling was well aware at an early stage of the unprecedented and fatal ferocity of the war. See 11.6: Narrative: My Boy Jack. c) Kipling was concerned that his son was too young to be in uniform and was outraged that anyone would give Jack a commission. Consider This: Rudyard Kipling was well aware at an early stage of the unprecedented and fatal ferocity of the war. See 11.6: Narrative: My Boy Jack. d) Kipling was angry that his son chose to join the army, rather than the navy, a longtime Kipling family tradition. Consider This: Rudyard Kipling was well aware at an early stage of the unprecedented and fatal ferocity of the war. See 11.6: Narrative: My Boy Jack.
In the later Roman Empire, ________ recruits helped fill out the Roman army
A) Celtic B) Germanic C) Greek D) Egyptian
Because of the lack of sanitation, the mortality rate of the Black Death was considerably higher in rural areas than in urban areas.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
An example of a Japanese company created by the Meiji government was
a. Mitsui b. Hyundai c. Monsanto d. Tokugawa e. Honda