The main conflict between Columbus and the opponents of his "Enterprise of the Indies" arose from his opponents' claim that
A) the world was flat.
B) he would have to cross an impassable green sea of darkness.
C) the size of the ocean between Europe and Asia was greater than Columbus believed.
D) his ships could not survive the heat of the torrid zone.
C
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a. true b. false
From the beginning of English colonization in North America, it was decided that
A) agriculture would be the economic basis of all colonial economies. B) native peoples would be dealt with as equals of the English. C) English colonists would retain all their rights as English subjects. D) all mineral wealth that was discovered belonged solely to the Crown.
Ottoman law, compared to other Muslim states, was more __________
A) firmly based on the Shari`ah B) flexible C) rigid D) influenced by Roman law
The Ottoman Empire was significantly weakened financially by:
a. The Crimean War b. dependence on foreign loans c. lack of infrastructure to support western-style reforms. d. pegging the value of their currency to the fluctuating British pound e. too small of a professional class to administer the new economy.