Imperial Rome made great engineering advances, including the use of vaults and domes, both forms adapted from Etruscan semicircular __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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Jefferson Davis believed that in order to win the war, the Confederacy would have to:
A. Convince the border states to join the Confederacy B. Move toward a centralization of power C. Industrialize D. Convince nonslaveowning whites to join the all-volunteer Confederate army
Which of the following is an accurate definition of the term mamluk?
A. the peasant army that the Abbasids created to defend the empire B. a rebellious faction within the Abbasid military C. the highest rank achievable in the Abbasid military D. the class of military slaves created by the Abbasids to defend the realm
How was the Japanese government model different from the Chinese government?
A) Taxes were paid directly to the central government. B) Land was frequently redistributed among the peasants to ensure equality. C) Territories were divided into administrative units. D) Government was an aristocratic privilege and lower classes were barred. E) The village was the unit of all civic affairs.
Which of the following events did NOT help to confirm U.S. belief in the importance of containing the spread of communism?
A) the Soviet detonation of the atomic bomb B) the fall of China to communism C) the creation of NATO D) the North Korean invasion of South Korea