The works of which man preserved classical and Byzantine scholarship for later generations?
A) al-Kindi
B) Photius
C) Muhammad
D) Abu Bakr
Ans: B) Photius
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President Pierce's efforts to acquire Cuba for the United States caused which of the following?
A. Northern support for the liberation of Cuba allayed fears in that region that Pierce was controlled by the Slave Power. B. Some Northerners concluded that Pierce was doing the bidding of the Slave Power. C. Support for such efforts by both Northerners and Southerners led to friendlier relations between the two sections of the country. D. Many Southerners concluded that Pierce wanted to end slavery and settle free blacks in the Caribbean.
In November 1777, Congress approved __________
A) the Articles of Confederation B) Washington's new strategy for defeating the British C) a draft of the Constitution D) a peace proposal to be offered to the British
Lyndon Johnson's program to strengthen the United States internally was referred to as the
a. Strategic Initiative. c. Great Society. b. New Deal. d. Great Leap Forward.
What does John Noble Wilford's phrase "in this sense, we are all African" imply?
a. European peoples emerged from areas in Asia. b. All humans are related to groups that migrated from Africa to the Americas. c. All human species started in Africa but became extinct during the ice ages. d. Humans evolved in Asia and moved to the warmer African climate. e. All humans are descendants from African Homo sapiens sapiens.