Johannes Gutenberg was responsible for
A) the unification of the Holy Roman Empire in 1537.a
B) the construction of Wittenberg cathedral during the 15th century.
C) the defeat of the Catholic forces during the Thirty Years War.
D) the invention of moveable type in the West.
Answer: D) the invention of moveable type in the West.
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a. The eruption occurred during his lifetime. b. Pliny spoke to someone who had witnessed the eruption. c. Pliny personally witnessed the eruption. d. He read many firsthand accounts of the disaster. e. His uncle died in the eruption.
How did the Tahitians view theft?
a. They punished all cases of theft with life imprisonment. b. They punished all cases of theft with automatic banishment. c. They did not believe in exclusive ownership of material objects. d. They submitted to the laws of the British without question. e. The Tahitians had no concept of what theft involved.
Just before Texas became a U.S. state in 1845, Texas was
a. an independent nation b. a United States territory c. part of Mexico d. a British protectorate. e. a jointly occupied area claimed by Mexico and England.
Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons the American population grew dramatically in the 1700s?
A. high birth rate B. importation of slaves C. absorption of French and Spanish colonials as the British empire expanded D. large numbers of non-English immigrants