Though closer to Africa, humans colonized Europe after they colonized more distant Australia. Which of the following is a likely explanation for this lag?
A. Human bodies were biologically better adapted for warmer climates.
B. Humans did not yet have the technological skills to fashion warm clothing and more permanent shelter.
C. The glacial climate of Eurasia during the period of early human migration made these lands inhospitable.
D. All these answers are correct.
Answer: D
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A) the overwhelming opposition in the U.S. Senate by northern Whigs and northern Democrats to extending slavery to such a large would-be state. B) Henry Clay's support for the treaty could not overcome the belief of many skeptical southern Whigs that the linking of Texas and slavery by Tyler and his secretary of state, John Calhoun, was just a political gimmick to advance their political ambitions. C) the political leaders of the independent Texas republic expressed public misgivings about annexation by the United States. D) the strong opposition of the Mexican government to the Texas annexation treaty.
Why did Hamilton favor the assumption of state debts by the national government?
A. He recognized that many of the states did not have the economic ability to honor their unpaid debts. B. He wanted to give the holders of public securities a financial stake in the survival of the national government. C. He personally stood to make a substantial profit from the assumption plan. D. He believed that patriots who had helped finance the Revolution deserved to be paid the money owed them.
The collapse of the Ottoman empire resulted in
a. the recognition of Armenia by the Ottoman government. b. the failure of Turkish nationalists to establish the nation of Turkey. c. the granting of citizenship to Greeks living in the Ottoman empire. d. many of its former subjects seeking to liberate themselves . e. the Russian annexation of Armenia.
One of the consequences of Japanese aggression in the sixteenth century was
a. the creation of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. b. the defeat of weakened Chinese armies by the Manchu. c. the complete defeat of Japanese forces. d. the alliance formed between China, the Manchus, and Japan. e. the destruction of the Manchu Empire.