The Abbasids set up their capitol in which city?
A. Jerusalem
B. Damascus
C. Ctesiphon
D. Baghdad
Answer: D
You might also like to view...
Based upon your knowledge of the text, which of the following is the most plausible cause of the witch-hunts?
A. The droughts causing famine, especially in Ireland, led to the death of many, and since the witches claimed to control the weather, they were to blame. B. Witches were primarily women, and since women bore children that were causing an economic and scientific panic, they were to blame. C. The corrupt government needed a distracter from the bad publicity, and since the same women that were suspected witches were spreading the news of corruption, politicians saw witch hunts as an answer to both their problems. D. Religious split and warfare threatened the security of society, and the witches were the scapegoats of a social panic. E. Large numbers of men and women were actually engaged in witchcraft.
Which of the following was not part of the Reagan administration's Middle East policy?
A) Stationing two thousand American marines in Lebanon as part of a multinational peacekeeping force. B) Providing extensive aid to Egypt. C) Supporting Iran in its bloody war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq. D) Proposing negotiations that would lead to an independent Palestinian state. E) Providing military and economic aid to Israel.
Who was the Italian-born navigator sent by England to explore the North American coast in 1497?
a. Christopher Columbus b. Hernan Cortes c. John Cabot d. Jacques Cartier
Examine Map 16-2. Why did large numbers of blacks remain in the South despite the Great Migration of the early 1900s?
What will be an ideal response?