The Portuguese contribution to shipbuilding technology was the creation of this small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship:
a. dhow
b. junk
c. galleon
d. trireme
e. caravel
ANSWER:
e
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A) it illegal to enslave an Indian B) it illegal to enslave a Christian C) slavery a hereditary condition D) slavery illegal
American forces commanded by George Armstrong Custer were overwhelmed in
A) Red Cloud's War. B) the Red River War. C) the Wounded Knee Massacre. D) the Battle of Little Bighorn. E) the Sand Creek Massacre.
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A) an influx of those looking for work B) surplus rural populations C) industrialization D) population growth