What commodities made Malaya and the Malaya Peninsula significant to the West?
A) spices and rubber
B) tin and rice
C) tea and paper
D) silk and cotton
E) tin and rubber
E
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During which dynasty did China attain most of its current geographical size and shape?
A) Qin Dynasty B) Han Dynasty C) Song Dynasty D) Tang Dynasty E) Sui Dynasty
What happened during the Russian Civil War?
a. The White armies almost captured the country, but lack of cooperation led to their ultimate defeat. b. Rasputin proved to be an effective war commissar. c. The Red Terror killed Bolshevik supporters. d. The Whites captured Moscow but were forced to relinquish it by the Allies. e. Nicholas II and his family escaped to Great Britain.
Which statement best describes the witch hunts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
a. They involved the prosecution of more than 100,000 people. b. They were often directed against old single men. c. They were generally directed only at people who denied that they were religious. d. They were primarily restricted to rural areas. e. They were minimal in comparison to the late Middle Ages.
After the conclusion of the Civil War, the U.S. government rewarded the Union support provided by most of the Plains Indians by
a. giving them federal land in California. b. increasing their federal payments. c. allowing them to elect representatives to Congress. d. making them scouts for the U.S. Army. e. waging war on most of the Plains Indians and coercively herding them onto reservations.