Who controlled the Silk Road?
A) no one
B) Chinese emperors
C) the Mauryan Empire
D) the Roman Empire
Answer: A
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As a result of the wider availability of printed material,
A) Americans became less interested in communicating by telegraph. B) a greater portion of publications was directed at a general audience. C) the demand for consumer goods increased. D) the number of post offices increased. E) printmakers and booksellers could charge higher rates.
Why did the more democratic West clash with the East in political battles in state legislatures?
What will be an ideal response?
One of President Obama's greatest disappointments in domestic policy during his second term has been a. his failure to persuade Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform that would provide undocumented immigrants with a pathway to citizenship. b. his failure to persuade the Supreme Court to declare the 1995 Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional
c. his failure to persuade the Supreme Court to uphold Arizona's immigration law, authorizing local police to detain people if there was a "reasonable suspicion" they were undocumented immigrants. d. his inability to repeal the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. e. his failure to persuade the Supreme Court to declare Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 unconstitutional and abolish the federal clearance provisions of the law to changes in election law made by particular states.
Gentileschi was significant
A) as the first female to be admitted to a renowned artistic institution, the Academy of the Arts of Drawing. B) as the only female painter in Italy at the time. C) as hers were the most commissioned works of the seventeenth century. D) due to her often grotesquely realistic scenes of crime. E) as the majority of her works depicted rape as the theme.