Some 7,000 years ago, Native American environmental engineering produced the nourishing staple crop called
a. millet.
b. the potato.
c. maize.
d. soybeans.
ANSWER: c
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A) discouraged by Christian mendicants and preachers. B) forbidden by the Fourth Lateran Council. C) frequently inspired by the Christian Crusades, as Christians searched for enemies at home. D) always endorsed by the popes. E) prohibited by European kings.
The colonial boycott of tea in 1773
A. resulted in the arrest of the Daughters of Liberty. B. was based on colonists' anger at having to pay a new tax. C. involved relatively small numbers of people. D. had little financial effect on England. E. was led in large part by women, who were the primary consumers of tea.
All of the following statements regarding the HUAC investigation of Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers are true EXCEPT that
A. Hiss was convicted of espionage. B. the case cast suspicion on a generation of liberal Democrats. C. classified documents allegedly stolen by Hiss were kept hidden by Chambers in a pumpkin. D. Chambers was a former communist agent. E. Hiss served several years in prison.
American-born Spaniards were referred to as
a. mestizos. b. potosi. c. Iberians. d. metis. e. criollos.