Entry into the Tang government's bureaucratic service was possible only after:
a. Demonstrating military skill against a veteran soldier.
b. The death of one's father, who had served in that capacity.
c. The candidate's rejection of Mencius' well-field system as an ideal goal.
d. Passing a series of examinations.
d. Passing a series of examinations.
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Under Vladimir Putin's presidency, all of the following occurred EXCEPT
A) power was centralized in the federal government. B) Russia ended its war in Chechnya. C) as many as 40 percent of the population lived in poverty. D) the economy grew significantly and the government had a budget surplus. E) the economy significantly depended upon exports of oil and natural gas.
The Abbasid dynasty based their right to rule on
a. the vote of the major clan chiefs. b. the decision of the umma. c. descent from Muhammad's uncle Abbas. d. a military victory over the Umayyads. e. direct descent from Fatima, Muhammad's wife.
Which of the following best explains the deterioration of the working and living conditions of workers in New England textile mills in the 1830s and 1840s?
A. Living and working conditions deteriorated primarily because of the economic depression of the late 1830s. B. Working and living conditions deteriorated primarily because of the growing labor surplus. C. An economic depression led management to focus more on profits than on providing decent working and living conditions for the workers. D. Competition from English imports was the primary reason for the deterioration of working and living conditions.
Why did the Spanish and Portuguese feel particularly justified in transporting Africans as slaves?
a) Pope Nicholas V had decreed in the 1450s that it was permissible to put non-Christians into perpetual servitude. b) The Dutch and English were reluctant slave traders, so the Spanish and Portuguese could cash in on the African trade. Consider This: Why was convict labor unsatisfactory as a solution to colonial labor shortages? See 4.4: A Forced-Labor Economy. c) Pope Paul V approved slavery for Catholics as long as they agreed to convert their slaves, but not for Protestants, who would give the slaves heretical ideas. Consider This: Why was convict labor unsatisfactory as a solution to colonial labor shortages? See 4.4: A Forced-Labor Economy. d) Since the English and Dutch were trying to acquire African colonies, the Spanish and Portuguese believed transporting the locals as slaves would solve their labor shortages and also deny workers to their rivals. Consider This: Why was convict labor unsatisfactory as a solution to colonial labor shortages? See 4.4: A Forced-Labor Economy.