A primary belief in the mercantile system was that
a. merchants and traders should control the economy.
b. there was only a limited amount of wealth in the world and amassing it meant power.
c. the wealth of a state was the personal property of its Sovereign.
d. slavery was necessary to yield a profit.
e. social mobility was possible with economic increase.
b
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The governments of Latin America after 1860 represented a swing ________
A) towards more conservative rule B) away from centralist ideology C) away from caudillo rule D) to the far left
The madrasa was
a. the political branch of the Islamic church. b. a college of higher learning based on personal teachings from the Qur'an. c. a name given to the merchant class to reflect their increasing status. d. a corporate organization designed to standardize the faith.
On June 29, 1969, hundreds of gay patrons started protesting the police brutality, harassment, and intimidation of gay clients at a bar in Greenwich Village called
A) Pride Palace. B) Stonewall Inn. C) Players Club. D) Rainbow Connection.
The point raised by postmodernists was that
a. truth and knowledge were subjective and depended on context. b. modernity could be measured by progress. c. only through the evolution of ideas could political change occur. d. western civilization could not be the only civilization that mattered. e. existence was futile.