The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation that came very close to being a nuclear conflict between which two countries?
A) Cuba and China
B) Cuba and the Dominican Republic
C) the United States and China
D) the United States and Russia
E) Russia and Cuba
Answer: D
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A) hoped to follow his father as monarch B) wanted to expand his territory C) was a usurper D) had the support of Chinese priests
Which issue from the 1920s continues to factor heavily in politics today?
A) open immigration versus restrictive legislation B) segregation versus integration C) communism versus conservatism D) prohibition versus alcohol distribution E) the theory of evolution versus a belief in creationism
Which of the following best summarizes the social structure of South Asia during the first millennium B.C.E.?
A. Society revolved around the priestly class who had jurisdiction over everyone, including secular rulers. B. Society was separated into two distinct groups: those who could own land and those who labored for their livelihood. C. Society was unusually egalitarian, but all citizens were subject to the rule of a divinely appointed leader. D. Society was rigidly structured into five distinct groups of people, all of which were charged with different duties and responsibilities.
Al-Bakri's Book of Highways and Kingdoms offer readers a glimpse into what?
A) ?the wars of central African kingdoms B) ?trade and how it was translated into wealth C) ?how medical science spread quickly through Africa D) ?the importance of tax collectors in Africa E) ?the application of laws