What eastern European nation declined most dramatically after 1500?
A) Poland
B) Hungary
C) Austria
D) Prussia
Ans: A) Poland
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a. Foreign powers forced Japan to modernize by adopting "modern" science and culture. b. Earlier, foreign ideas rarely traveled beyond coastal regions, but by the eighteenth century, expanded networks of exchange facilitated their spread throughout the country. c. Members of middle class idealized foreign culture, leading the shoguns to fear that learning about Enlightenment ideals might lead the merchants to overthrow the emperor. d. Before the seventeenth century, Japan had not come into contact with foreign ideas or culture.
The mathers’ stories compared to those of the other groups illustrate the power of all of the following except:
a. being recognized by others as a legitimate parent. b. language. c. social support. d. collective identity.
The first major industry to attract large numbers of people to the West was
A) cattle ranching. B) farming. C) fur trapping. D) shepherding. E) mining.
Both the European and American economies were injured by
a. the worldwide adoption of low tariffs. b. postwar disarmament. c. the increase in immigration in the 1920s. d. the high American tariff and refusal to cancel war debts. e. the restriction of immigration.