What did Sumerians believe about cities?
A. That kings who ruled strong militaries deserved to control the cities
B. That the city of Ur produced total Mesopotamian disintegration
C. That the gods and goddesses owned the cities
D. That without Hammurabi, Sumerian cities would have fell into moral decay
E. That cities should control the countryside
Answer: C
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A) of her mysticism. B) she defeated a male heir to the throne. C) she controlled the cotton fields and produced much-sought-after textiles. D) under her rule, the Zazzau controlled the regional and trans-Sahara trade. E) she brought a halt to the slave trade.
In the context of the war with Mexico, leading intellectuals such as Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, and William Lloyd Garrison:
A) opposed the war on the grounds that it would perpetuate slavery. B) supported the war because they thought America would lose and the support for slavery in America would slowly die out. C) supported the war because they thought that America needed the land, but they feared that slavery would expand even further. D) opposed the war on strategic, political grounds. E) opposed the war because they believed the United States did not have the economic resources to sustain such a war.
Local assemblies had the power to
a. veto central government policy. b. raise taxes. c. muster armies. d. execute imperial policy.
The increase of farmers in the West after the Civil War was caused, primarily, by
A) the decline of ranching. B) failed miners looking for new occupations. C) the belief in economic opportunity by many Americans. D) an increase in the birthrate of the western farmers. E) advances in irrigation farming.