What was the first European country to explore the seas beyond Europe, especially the west coast of Africa?
a. France
b. Portugal
c. England
d. Italy
e. Spain
Ans: b
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The only indigenous Bronze Age people in the Balkans who were able to preserve their language and culture are the
A) Albanians. B) Serbs. C) Bulgarians. D) Romanians. E) Slovenes.
What types of administrative systems did the various colonial powers establish in their colonies, and how did these systems reflect the general philosophy of colonialism? How, and why, did the policies of European imperialists in West Africa and Southeast Asia differ? To what degree did economic motives explain these differences, and why?
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Of the many Germanic-speaking peoples existing at the time of the fall of the Western Roman empire, which group eventually evolved into a strong state near the Rhine Valley?
a. Vandals b. Visigoths c. Ostrogoths d. Franks e. Avars
Between 1796 and 1797, a wave of fires linked with the Haitian revolt occurred along the eastern seaboard of the United States, in particular destroying a significant portion of __________
A) Atlanta B) Albany C) Savannah D) New York