To what extent did the Americas develop in geographic isolation?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. When the ice age came to an end, the land bridge connecting Siberia to Alaska melted.
b. The people who had migrated to the Americas could no longer return to Asia.
c. The Old World and the New World developed independently of one another.
d. Although the Vikings established a short-lived colony in eastern Canada, it did not lead to sustained contact between people in the Americas and people in Europe.
e. The lack of resistance to European diseases among the indigenous population reflects the consequences of geographic isolation.
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A) the gentility of its attendees B) its small size C) its emotional intensity D) the diversity of its attendees E) its sobriety
The World Council of Churches was created after World War II as a means of
A) joining together all Protestant, Orthodox, Catholic, and Anglican churches in one council to address the growing role of churches and competing factions. B) convening a council of Protestant churches to decide how to expand their influence into socialist territories. C) joining together all Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican churches in one council to address the growing role of churches and competing factions. D) convening a council of Protestants and Catholics was necessary to hold influence over Christians in Marxist-based territories. E) preventing the spread of Atheism.
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A) hundreds B) thousands C) tens of thousands D) hundreds of thousands
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