Although some elite women achieved prominence in intellectual pursuits, like the _______ Ban Zhao (48-116 CE), women's education centered primarily on cultivating the domestic virtues of devotion and obedience.
a. Historian.
b. Courtesan.
c. Empress.
d. Silk merchant.
a. Historian.
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Jackson's attitude toward nullification was to
A) oppose it because John C. Calhoun supported it. B) support it because it was a Southern doctrine and he was a Southerner. C) oppose it because of his devotion to the Union. D) oppose it as being divisive in practice, but support it as being correct in principle.
The explorer ________ returned to Venice, Italy, in 1291 with tales of the riches of the East
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Before the beginning of Islam, what kind of society did the Bedouins of Arabia have?
a. urbanized b. semi-urbanized pastoralists c. hunter-gatherers d. subsistence farmers e. nomadic pastoralists
Which identifies an important effect of the violent slave rebellion of 1831?
A) White southerners became more committed to quashing antislavery ideas. B) Many slaves were freed because their masters were afraid to remain in the system. C) Organized, violent rebellions began happening with more frequency. D) White southerners began to question the legitimacy of slavery. E) Many slaves were sold to the West Indies to decrease the population in the South.