Initially, during the fifteenth century, why did European explorers, traders, soldiers, missionaries, and settlers travel throughout the world?
a. To acquire new resources
b. To acquire slaves
c. To control and conquer lands and peoples
d. To expand their national wealth and power
Answer: d
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a. a wildlife reserve b. military training camps c. farmland d. a national forest
If you have a site dominated by bones from the axial skeleton, you have
a. a kill site. b. a camp site. c. mostly upper and lower leg bones, scapulae, clavicles, pelves, metapodials, and phalanges. d. mostly cranial bones, mandibles, vertebrae, ribs, sacrum, and tail bones. e. mostly all the parts of the animal.
The Romance languages (e.g., French, Spanish) belong to the ________ language family.
A. Indo-European B. Austro-Asiatic C. North Caucasian D. Dravidian E. Mixe-Zoque
Interestingly, some of the physical markers that have led scientists to identify certain fossils as early hominins rather than apes are features that have been lost during subsequent human evolution. Which of the following is an example of this?
A. climbing ability B. stereoscopic vision C. chimplike tool use, such as termite capture D. big back teeth E. thin enamel on teeth