The Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev popularized the word glasnost. What does that Russian term mean in English?
What will be an ideal response?
Openness
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Where did the oldest of the neolithic farming villages first form?
A. China. B. Europe. C. Mesoamerica. D. India. E. Middle East.
How did Thomas Jefferson reduce the size of the federal government during his first term?
A) He purged all Federalists from positions in the central government. B) He dismantled the army and navy. C) He eliminated the national debt created by the Federalists. D) He declared the Sedition Act unconstitutional.
How did FDR's attitude toward planned deficits affect the success of the New Deal's efforts to rescue the economy?
a. He believed too greatly in planned deficits, spending too much of the country's reserves to rescue the economy. b. He failed to see the importance of planned deficits, which could have stopped the Great Depression before it even started. c. He relied too greatly on planned deficits, inhibiting his ability to truly rescue the U.S. economy. d. He tried to avoid planned deficits, seeking a balanced budget when he ought to have spent more. e. He avoided planned deficits, spending too much on his New Deal programs and nearly bankrupting the United States.
One critical factor in the rapid success of the Spanish in conquering the Aztecs and the Inca that has often been overlooked is
a. the role of superior Spanish technology. b. the role of disease. c. the role of native resentment against the Aztec and Inca. d. the role of native belief that the Spanish were gods.