The Declaration of ____________ was adopted by Congress on July 4, 1776. It was written by Thomas Jefferson, and summarized principles of human freedom and popular government.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Ans: Independence
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Which of these is agreed upon by most historians concerning the Americas in 1500?
A) North America was less densely populated than Mesoamerica. B) The Andean regions were not densely populated. C) The population of all the Americas was over 110 million. D) Early European estimates exaggerated the size of the populations they encountered.
At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the growing cost of warfare led European rulers to use all of the following financial methods except
a. taxes on basic foods, such as the French gabelle or salt tax. b. taxes on commercial transactions, such as the alcabala in Spain. c. the establishment of a system of public debt, based on the use of municipal and national bonds. d. forced or voluntary loans from rich citizens, such as the Medici in Florence.
The 1986 disaster at __________ in the Soviet Union heightened concern about environmental issues and raised questions that no European government could ignore.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
All of the following are true statements about collectivized agriculture except
a. millions of peasants in Ukraine died in conjunction with a famine. b. peasants resisted collectivization because it undermined their identity. c. livestock populations decreased by 40 to 50 percent. d. peasants became wage-laborers who had only small plots of land and few animals for personal use. e. it proved quite successful in generating increased agricultural output.