The major western rival to the British in India in the seventeenth century was
A) Portugal.
B) France.
C) Spain.
D) the Netherlands.
E) Russia.
B
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During the Later Han's decline in the second century C.E., many peasants turned to
a. Neo-Daoist religious movements. b. Confucianism. c. their landlords for support. d. None of these answers are correct.
The larger streets of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro are ___________.
a. Paved with brick and remarkably straight. b. Curvy and prone to flooding. c. Lacking gutters and drains to allow for drainage. d. Made of packed earth and apparently for short-term settlement.
Which of the following statements about the Agricultural Adjustment Administration is LEAST accurate?
a. The AAA paid farmers to produce more crops and grow more livestock to meet the demands of a hungry populace. b. The benefits distributed by the AAA were often pocketed by landlords, who failed to pass them along to tenants. c. The AAA sometimes made things worse for black sharecroppers, since landlords could keep more government money for themselves if they evicted tenants from their land. d. The AAA contributed to the political education of southern blacks, who could vote in AAA referenda at a time when they could not vote in regular elections.
In which two sub-Saharan African countries did brutal civil wars break out in the early 1990s?
A. Somalia and Rwanda B. Rwanda and Sierra Leone C. Sierra Leone and Congo D. Congo and Rwanda