What caused the downfall of the Middle Kingdom?
A) The Nile flooded unexpectedly.
B) Egypt was plagued by droughts.
C) The Hyksos invaded and conquered.
D) The Egyptian economy suffered due to pyramid construction.
Answer: C
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A. gradual, with few active participants B. a rapid mass movement C. undertaken over time by large numbers of educated people at all levels of society D. advanced by swift proclamations from supportive monarchs
The Edmunds Act __________
A) banned Chinese immigration to the United States B) outlawed polygamy and appointed a federal commission to supervise elections in Utah C) resumed the coinage of silver D) established a merit system for federal job applicants
What did the philosophes argue were the ideals of the Enlightenment?
A) reason and education B) liberty and happiness C) religious worship D) freedom and equal rights E) equal rights and education
Who was Alcuin?
a. Charlemagne's favorite wife b. The leader of the Saxon opposition to Charlemagne c. A renegade monk d. A German poet and musician e. Charlemagne's adviser on ecclesiastical affairs