What is the significance of the hajj to Islamic religion and culture?
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Which of the following best describes the relationship between Russia's princes and the Mongols?
A. Russian princes were largely free to do what they wished as long as they paid an annual tribute to the Mongol court. B. Russian princes ruled alongside Mongol leaders, and the two cultures and peoples interacted on a regular and peaceful basis. C. Russian princes were largely political dependents of the Mongols and held very little power on their own. D. Russian princes could rule independently, but Mongol forces largely dismantled the Russian Orthodox Church.
According to Map 20-3, the European power that had the greatest influence in Southeast Asia in the seventeenth century was
a. Britain. b. Denmark. c. France. d. the Dutch.
After the fall of the shogunate, the
A. hereditary rights of the daimyo were strengthened. B. the mass of the rural population was transformed from indentured serfs into yeoman farmers. C. samurai quickly became impoverished. D. emperor now actually guided governmental activities, in sharp contrast to the status of his predecessors under the Tokugawa regime. E. last Tokugawa shogun became the permanent Prime Minister.
In May 1775 shortly after it convened, the Second Continental Congress
A) declared independence from Great Britain because of the battles at Lexington and Concord. B) formed the Continental Army under the leadership of George Washington. C) organized the Continental Association to force England to repeal the Intolerable Acts. D) refused to take any action that might be seen as disloyal to England.