By 1776, what proportion of white males were literate in colonial America?
A. about a third
B. almost all
C. just less than half
D. more than half
E. less than a quarter
Answer: D
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In the past decade, Vladimir Putin has done all of the following except:
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After his first voyage, Christopher Columbus believed that he had
a. discovered a New World. b. failed at what he had set out to do. c. sailed to the outskirts of the East Indies. d. sailed around the world. e. reached the shores of Japan.
Mahmud II brought law and education under state control, thus undermining the influence of the __________.
A. Ulama B. Mufti C. Ustad D. Amir