The rise of ISIS in the summer of 2014 resulted in all of the following except:
a. A call for a renewed American occupation of the region, with “boots on the ground.”
b. The de facto division of Iraq into a triad of Kurdish, Sunni, and Shiite polities.
c. The utter evaporation of even the minimal achievements of the costly US war in Iraq during 2003-2011.
d. Its occupation of Falluja, Ramadi, and Mosul within Iraq.
a. A call for a renewed American occupation of the region, with “boots on the ground.”
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How did the Indians of the middle ground differ from those in other geographic regions?
A) They established deep-seated economic and cultural ties with French traders. B) They sought to isolate themselves completely from contact or conflict with Europeans. C) They resorted to military confrontation before seeking economic cooperation. D) They continued to war against each other rather than establish intertribal confederacies. E) They strived to become more like the Europeans through their acquisition of goods from the French.
Between sixty and fifteen thousand years ago, Homo sapiens used superior knowledge, sophisticated tools, and language to
A. develop the first known tools and controlled use of fire. B. establish complex social and political institutions. C. exploit the natural world more efficiently than any other species. D. develop farming communities. E. build cities.
Historians know very little about which area of Africa?
a. Eastern coastal Africa b. Cape of Good Hope area c. Saharan Desert area d. Interior of southern Africa e. Lake Victoria area
Andrew Johnson's plan for national reconstruction
A) proved to be very lenient toward the South. B) pleased the Republican leadership in Congress. C) called for harsh treatment of the South. D) defended the interest of the planter class.