What is meant by a “velvet revolution”?
a) a revolution in which a new political system emerges without significant political or military opposition from the old regime
b) a revolution in which government leaders are able to suppress opposition by giving their opponents “soft” political positions
Consider This: Czechoslovakia in 1989 is a good example of a velvet revolution. See 15.1: “The End of History.”
c) a political revolution in which women are at the forefront of demands, curtailing the usual violence that revolutions experience
Consider This: Czechoslovakia in 1989 is a good example of a velvet revolution. See 15.1: “The End of History.”
d) an economic revolution in which the markets in a nation are able to restructure themselves without severe economic dislocation
Consider This: Czechoslovakia in 1989 is a good example of a velvet revolution. See 15.1: “The End of History.”
a) a revolution in which a new political system emerges without significant political or military opposition from the old regime
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A) Realism. B) nominalism. C) materialism. D) consumerism. E) thermodynamics.
How did the mining industries of the Americas stimulate global economic growth?
A) Mining increased the demand for labor, sparking the growth of an indigenous middle class. B) Mineral ores from Mexico provided the raw materials for European manufacturing. C) The sale of slaves to the mines by the Portuguese resulted in the Portuguese spending their wealth throughout Europe and Africa. D) The Spanish quinto circulated throughout European and Asian markets. E) All these answers are correct.
Due to their poverty, where did most Irish immigrants settle in the United States?
A) the South B) the Midwest C) the Far West D) the Northeast E) the Gulf Coast region
Victory for the British in the Seven Years' War
A) did not adversely affect the treasury of the British kingdom. B) did not adversely impact the British national debt. C) placed financial pressure on Prime Minister Grenville and Parliament to force North American colonists to pay new taxes to defer the costs of the war. D) was diminished by the fact that the imperial gains for the British in North America, India, Africa, and Europe were very modest.