Which of the following was responsible for the breakthrough maritime explorations in the 1490s that opened direct, long-range routes of maritime trade across the world between Europe, Asia, and Africa?
a. a joint venture that included all of Europe
b. a few communities on the Atlantic seaboard and in the Mediterranean
c. northern Europeans with long-standing historical success in maritime trade
d. only those European countries with the ability to quickly launch long-range voyages
b
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In Sudan, there was long-term conflict between
A. Muslim pastoralists versus Christian farmers. B. sedentary Hutus versus pastoral Tutsis. C. urban supporters of Umaru Yar'Adua versus civilian majority supporters of Olusegun Obasanjo. D. Pan-Islamic president Omar Al-Bashir versus pro-western leadership of Zera Yacob Amha Selassie. E. South Sudanese speakers of English or Sudanese (modern) Arabic.
The first major post-Cold War challenge for the United States occurred in 1991 when Iraq invaded what neighboring region?
a. Iran b. Kuwait c. Israel d. Syria e. Jordan
In ancient Mesopotamia,
a. a wife could be drowned for adultery, but a husband could engage in sexual relations with other women besides his wife. b. it was much easier for a man to obtain a divorce than it was for a woman. c. respectable women were veiled when they went outside the home. d. all of the above.
The response of Americans to new immigrants in the early twenty-first century was __________
A) similar to that in previous periods of high immigration B) strikingly different than that in previous periods of high immigration C) almost universally negative D) universally positive