In 1958, the United States entered into a military agreement with Pakistan because the United States
a. saw India as an ally of the Soviet Union.
b. thought Pakistani Muslims liked the Soviet Union.
c. feared a communist-backed invasion from India.
d. wished to stabilize the new government of Pakistan and establish democracy.
e. planned an invasion of communist Nepal.
a
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A) Parliament was sovereign over the external affairs of the colonies; the crown was sovereign over Parliament and the colonies' internal affairs. B) Sovereignty was indivisible and rested ultimately with Parliament. C) Parliament was sovereign over the colonies' external affairs; the colonial legislatures were sovereign over their internal affairs. D) Sovereignty was indivisible and rested ultimately with the colonial legislatures.
The "kingdoms" of Egyptian history represent ________
A) dynasties B) territories C) periods of relative continuity D) periods of invasion
Meister Eckhart
A) challenged the works of Thomas Aquinas in public disputations. B) was a mystic who claimed that one could achieve a union of the soul with God. C) was a noted leader of the flagellants who turned to persecution of the Jews. D) led the reform of the Franciscan order in Germany. E) rejected the leadership of the pope and was burnt at the stake.
What conclusion did most Americans reach when watching this 1991 video clip of Los Angeles police beating African American Rodney King after pursuing him on an 8-mile car chase?
A) Most Americans were divided on whether there was a racist police force using brutality against blacks or whether police were just doing their job to keep law and order. B) The majority of the American public believed that the Los Angeles policemen were poorly trained and harbored racist attitudes toward blacks and Latinos. C) Most Americans supported the jury's decision that the officers were overworked and were doing their job to uphold law and order in a dangerous neighborhood. D) Blacks and Latinos in Los Angeles marched in peaceful demonstrations to protest the jury's "not guilty" decision against the police charged with King's beating.