Most likely the first Americans were
a. Norse seafarers from Scandinavia.
b. Spanish explorers of the fifteenth century.
c. people who crossed the land bridge from Eurasia to North America.
d. Portuguese sailors of Prince Henry the Navigator.
e. refugees from Africa.
c
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A) All Quiet on the Western Front. B) Main Street. C) Mein Kampf. D) Decline of the West. E) Magic Mountain.
The term "Third World" originally referred to __________
A) unaligned nations in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Latin America B) non-industrialized nations C) plans for rebuilding after a nuclear confrontation D) the countries of North America
Around 800 C.E., the Abbasids and Tang shared all of the following characteristics except:
a. a single cultural language. b. rigid exclusion of foreign cultures. c. the effective use of pastoralcavalry. d. ideological/religious foundations for political rule.
Rococo refers to a
A) cultural fashion in literature of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, guided by the attempt to find perfect forms of expression based upon ancient models and universal laws. B) type of literature that uses irony, exaggeration, and wit to expose and ridicule human folly. C) style that strictly follows the most admired models of ancient art, seeking to reproduce their orderliness, proportion, and restraint. D) gaudy, architectural style filled with gold leafing and exaggerated figures. E) delicate, ornate, and fanciful style of architecture and painting of the eighteenth century.