Immigrants did not participate in prize fighting
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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Social Darwinists in the nineteenth century argued
a. the same laws of nature that result in evolution as described by Darwin apply to human societies. b. the fittest were the hardworking factory laborers, whose efforts showed their biological superiority. c. economic failure was the result of the environment, not wickedness or biological weakness. d. more advanced people have a natural duty to care for less advanced people. e. the natural evolution of humanity has made cooperation and compassion into characteristics that increase the species' chances of survival.
What can the various economic recessions and depressions throughout United States history signal about capitalism?
a. Such cyclical economic conditions show that one major event does not mean capitalism is dead. b. These hard economic times have strengthened the system of capitalism in the United States. c. A history of several economic recessions and the Depression suggest capitalism is a volatile system needing reform. d. Such economic hardships indicate that a socialist economic system would be far more successful.
Before 1350, European merchants were able to travel overland to the Middle East and Far East, but that ended. Why?
A. the expiration of travel agreements with the Mongol state that ruled Persia B. the rise of a Byzantine empire in Constantinople C. a changing political situation that was hostile toward "Franks" D. wars for control of the eastern Mediterranean between Ottoman forces and the Portuguese
Which of the following groupings of world cultural zones developed the earliest?
a. Indian, Islamic b. Chinese, Indian c. Islamic, Western Christian d. Chinese, Islamic