The Strategic Defense Initiative was an extremely costly
a) Bomber
b) Missile defense system
c) Communications system
d) Plan for international alliances
Ans: b) Missile defense system
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A) Delaware B) Iroquois C) Pequot D) Narragansett
The Catholic church dramatically pushed the sale of indulgences in the sixteenth century because of the
A. need for Henry VIII to pay off the national debt. B. threat posed by Islam. C. expense associated with translating original Greek classics. D. need to match the resurgence of the Byzantine empire. E. need to raise funds for the construction of St. Peter's basilica.
Which of the following developments is the railroad credited with provoking?
(A) Vast immigration from foreign nations to the American West (B) A second boom in the number of cash croppers (C) The settlement of new areas between the Mississippi and the west coast (D) All of the above
What was the major cause of the Maji Maji Revolt in German East Africa?
a. Germans would not allow an alliance of small chiefdoms. b. Native farmers were forced to plant cotton, which depleted soil and returned little profit. c. After a vision, Kinjekitile promised victory over the Germans. d. Believing that their holy pool would destroy bullets, the native people rebelled against the Germans. e. Native people were prevented from participating in local government.