Fertile Crescent
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Arc of fertile land running through Egypt, the Levant, and Mesopotamia, in which early agriculture was practiced.
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The proportion of America's population living in cities increased from only 7 percent in 1820 to almost __________ in 1860
A) 10 percent B) 20 percent C) 50 percent D) 70 percent
All of the following were similar characteristics that both Union and Confederate soldiers shared except
a. most soldiers had been farmers or farm laborers. b. poor, immigrants from Europe were well represented in both armies. c. most troops were native born. d. almost half were under the age of 22. e. both shared a common commitment to patriotism.
The peasant revolts in England were caused by
a. lack of representation in guilds. b. peasants in the countryside resisting the plundering of soldiers during the Hundred Years' War. c. peasants and reeves who protested excessive taxation by the government. d. peasants, merchants, and workers protesting against the rights of the nobility. e. soldiers protesting conscription into the army.
After an experiment with prohibiting slavery, by 1752 this new colony became part of the low-country slave system
A) Alabama B) Florida C) Louisiana D) Georgia