The Mundus Novus was named "America" after ________ by a German mapmaker.
A. Columbus
B. Vespucci
C. de León
D. da Gama
Answer: B
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Under the First Reconstruction Act of March, 1867, the former states of the Confederacy (excluding Tennessee) were
A) allowed to elect members to the Senate, but not to the House. B) required to confiscate large plantations in the former Confederacy and divide the land among the former slaves. C) readmitted to the Union after each ratified the Thirteenth Amendment. D) divided into five military districts.
Increases in Virginia’s slave population during the 1770s was the result of __________
A) increased fertility rates among African-born slaves B) increased importation of slaves from Africa C) increased fertility rates among American-born slaves D) increased importation of slaves from the West Indies
Much of the Silk Road trade was carried by traders from
A. Central Asia. B. India. C. southern China. D. Japan. E. eastern Europe.
Before Islam developed in Africa,
A. most of the continent, aside from Egypt and Axum, did not have organized religions. B. most African societies already had well-developed systems of religious belief. C. the Ashanti worshiped a supreme god, Siva. D. all Africans were agnostics. E. Christianity had a strong presence in the far south of the continent.