When Muslim traveler and geographer Ibn Hawkal went to Morocco in 951, he was convinced that the king of __________ was the wealthiest monarch on Earth
A) Ghana
B) Egypt
C) Ethiopia
D) Nigeria
Answer: A
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A) Yamato B) Silla C) Fujiwara D) Konoe
All of the following refer to Plessy v. Ferguson except
a. a mulatto man sought to sit in the white compartment of the East Louisiana Railway. b. the Supreme Court upheld the principle of "separate but equal" in public accommodations. c. the plaintiff's lawyer argued that government should not divide people arbitrarily. d. the lower court found that segregation was in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution even if railroad facilities were substantially equal for both races.
In the late 1820s, Mexico did all of the following - restricted American immigration, levied duties and taxes and ____________.
a. extended slavery into perpetuity b. outlawed slavery c. moved toward gradual emancipation d. none of the above
Pugachev's rebellion was significant because
a. it involved numerous people of various social orders. b. Catherine responded by abolishing serfdom. c. it ended the conscription of peasants into the army. d. it was the first successful demonstration against taxation in Europe. e. it unified the church, nobility, and government against the peasantry.