The Romans were the first people in antiquity to do what with their architecture?
A. Use curvilinear forms in their construction.
B. Use concrete on a massive scale.
C. Create colonnades and rectangular structures.
D. Imitate the Greek style of building.
E. Create interconnected roads that made travel efficient.
Answer: B
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In what ways was American democracy an illusion in the 1820s-1840s?
A) Although all white men began life with equal opportunities, women and African and Native Americans did not. B) Despite the impression that people had equal opportunities, distinctions of dress and education persisted. C) Not only were women and African and Native Americans excluded, but even the idea that all white men began life with equal opportunities was false. D) Only landowners could vote, and as there were so few landowners in the United States, suffrage was not universal even among white men. E) An increasing level of illiteracy led to the press focusing on issues of interest mainly to the wealthy and highly educated members of society.
What was the most important accomplish of Congress under the Articles of Confederation?
What will be an ideal response?
Osama bin-Laden's hatred of the United States was caused by
A) the deployment of American troops in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. B) American abortion policies. C) American technological superiority. D) America's great wealth.
The text argues that the West may have industrialized before the East for all of the following reasons except that the
a. Protestant ethic inspired saving and thrift. b. first modern states, with efficient bureaucracies, emerged in the West. c. Scientific Revolution contributed to technological innovation. d. competitive state system made the West more open to outside influences.