Which of the following caused the Ottoman Empire to stop its expansion in the seventeenth century?
a. They failed in their attempts to secure the frontier regions in the north.
b. The imperfections in government grew to affect its extension of power.
c. They experienced an unexplained stagnancy in the population of their empire.
d. They could not meet the basic needs of their growing population.
a
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Which of the following medical breakthroughs took place in the 1990s?
A) Scientists solved the problem of drug-resistant bacteria. B) Scientists developed a vaccine for polio. C) Scientists successfully cloned a sheep. D) Scientists developed a cure for HIV-AIDS.
Brutus and Cassius thought that assassinating Caesar would restore the Republic. Instead, it created
A) a power vacuum. B) a popular uprising. C) an opening for demagogues. D) an aristocratic reaction. E) unrest in the countryside.
The slave rebellion planned by Gabriel was in part inspired by which of the following?
a. The emergence of an organized antislavery movement in the North b. Antislavery statements by white ministers in the Richmond area c. Antislavery statements by prominent Virginia politicians d. Enslaved blacks' adaptation of the concepts of liberty and equality to their own purposes
What was the result of the Reichstag fire?
a. German communists were arrested. b. German Jews were rounded up for interrogation. c. Communist members of the Reichstag were arrested. d. Germany was placed under martial law. e. President Hindenburg was dismissed from the government as incompetent.