As trade and commercial interaction increased between Europe, Africa, and South and East Asia, who displaced the Portuguese as the main European player in Indian Ocean commerce?
a. English.
b. Dutch.
c. Spanish.
d. French.
e. Russians.
b
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a. Archimedes of Syracuse b. Euclid c. Aristarchus of Samos d. Eratosthenes e. Philo of Alexandria
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A) appealing to the view that women possessed special moral instincts B) advancing the view that women possessed the same intellectual capabilities as men C) exempting African American women from the proposed voting rights expansion D) writing scathing letters to the editor of major newspapers
Why did well-defined ethnic communities develop in American cities? What factors explain the relatively quick pace of assimilation among the children of immigrants?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following best describes how progressives viewed the draft?
A. They saw it as an opportunity to employ the immigrant unemployed. B. They were overwhelmingly opposed to it. C. They enthusiastically approved of it. D. They saw it as an opportunity to promote democracy.