Which statement is true about most nobles in Poland in the eighteenth century?
A. They were poor but very powerful.
B. They were unable to control their serfs.
C. They were wealthy but under heavy taxation.
D. They were based in growing cities.
Answer: A
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As a result of the Scopes trial of 1925,
A. anti-evolution laws were repealed in most other states. B. the conflict between fundamentalists and modernists subsided. C. John Scopes was found innocent. D. William Jennings Bryan decided to run one more time for president. E. fundamentalists reduced their political activism.
What is the significance of the work by William Wells (American physician who drew the artificial and natural selection parallel in the 1830s) and Patrick Matthew (Scottish botanist who challenged Darwin on priority)?
A. they show that Darwin has been given too much credit for his theory-several others had exactly the same idea and produced just as much research B. because they did not follow up their ideas with much research, their work has no significance for our modern understanding of how evolutionary theory developed in the 19th century C. they show that Darwin's original idea about natural selection was wrong (Wells and Matthews,in essence, corrected Darwin's erroneous ideas) D. they show that the zeitgeist in the 19th century was favorable to evolutionary thinking
During the 18th and 19th centuries the Muslim Empire in Africa
A) continued the slave trade in eastern Africa. B) included Morocco after 1631. C) expanded commerce. D) spread by the use of jihad. E) all of the above.
How did Indians respond to the influx of English settlers into their territory after 1763?
a. They formed alliances among themselves and launched a series of attacks. b. They withdrew further west. c. They turned to their traditional allies, the French, for help. d. Most of them reluctantly signed new treaties with the English, ceding more land.