Which of the following best describes Hitler's invasion of Poland?
A) France and Britain declared war on Germany, and the two sides immediately gathered their forces and took the field, hoping to finish the other side off before Christmas.
B) The Soviet Union reluctantly joined with France and Britain, although Stalin had reservations about working with the two countries again.
C) Poland fell to the Germans very quickly, and Stalin's troops entered Poland from the east and occupied that part of the country.
D) The United States tried to broker a peace between France and Britain on one side, and the Germans on the other, but they were not successful.
E) Britain determined that it would try to stay neutral until and unless Hitler tried to invade England.
C
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A) General Washington's successful march of his own army south from New York to Yorktown at surprising speed to engage Cornwallis's troops. B) the French navy blockade the York River that cut off Cornwallis from resupply. C) the successful military stand made by Daniel Morgan, a commanding officer of the patriots' southern campaign, against the British at Cowpens in South Carolina in January 1781. D) Cornwallis's decision to pursue further full-scale battles in the Carolinas after the British defeat at Cowpens.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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One of the earliest female humanists in Venice in the late fifteenth century was ____,
a. Cicero. b. Petrarch. c. Plato. d. Aristotle. e. Fedele.
Aimee counts the points on her test and finds a mistake in the total. If she behaves assertively, which of the following does she say to her professor?
A) "You made a mistake. I deserve an extra two points." B) "Would you go over my test again?" C) "When I counted my point total I arrived at 81, two more points than the total marked on the page. Am I correct?" D) "I'm really upset by the way you miscounted my points."