After the 1860’s, what replaced fur and fish as the major export of Canada?
a. gold
b. wheat
c. sugar
d. tea
e. beef
Ans: b
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a. They traced their heritage back to Great Britain and did not want to be at war with relatives. b. They were tired from fighting the Revolutionary War and wanted a time of sustained peace. c. They were tired from fighting in conflicts with Native Americans in the West and wanted a time of peace. d. They were already engaged in their own armed conflicts with the French in Canada and could not support two wars. e. They believed the real reason for the war was to build up America's ego—a ridiculous cause for war in their opinion.
The philosopher who proclaimed the motto of the Enlightenment as "Dare to know!" was
A) Immanuel Kant. B) Jean-Jacques Rousseau. C) Voltaire. D) Baron d'Holbach. E) Denis Diderot.
What was the encomienda?
a. A Spanish system devised to collect tribute from natives and to use their labor b. A system of Spanish officials who supervised local industries c. The taxes levied on the colonists by the Spanish government d. A hybrid tortilla made partly from maize and partly from wheat flower e. The mission schools set up to educate the Indians
What factor seems to indicate that there were two different populations in Rome circa 750 B.C.E.?
a. Burial practices differed around this time. b. There was a significant change in the spoken and written dialects of Latin. c. Pottery changed from red figure to black figure. d. There was a transition from using bronze to using iron. e. Farming practices showed cultural assimilation.