A ____________________ was a fortified station where Portuguese traders obtained spices, gold, porcelain, and silk from their trading partners
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
factory
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Which of these triumphed over the crusaders in the late 1100s?
A) the Seljuks B) Saladin C) Mu'awiya D) Harun al-Rashid
During the 1980s, which of the following was a major reason for the increase in the poverty rate in America?
a. Increasing elderly populations in such cities b. The absence of federally-funded centers that could provide job training to the chronically unemployed c. A decrease in well-paying blue-collar jobs and an increase in lower-paying service jobs d. The failure of public education to produce literate, employable graduates
Mesopotamian civilization
a. developed during the Paleolithic Era. b. was made of cities and located in a river valley. c. was located between the Nile and the Niger rivers. d. was the only early civilization with no cities. e. was the birthplace of democracy.
Which of the following statements concerning the interaction of North American colonists with the Indians is most accurate?
A) Colonists interacted with Indians, learned from them, and misused them, but did not forge a new cultural grouping as occurred in much of Latin America. B) Constant warfare between the numerous sedentary agricultural tribes and the European colonists resulted in limited immigration from Europe. C) Rapid intermarriage between Europeans and the Native Americans resulted in the creation of a new class of people, the mestizos, who continued to play a significant role in North American colonial development. D) The occurrence of disease that rapidly decimated the Indian populations of Latin America did not take place in North America, thus Indian populations remained large and intermingled with the European immigrants.