The population of the precolonial Americas __________

A) is impossible to estimate with any confidence
B) varied greatly by region
C) was uniformly distributed across the continents
D) was greatest in the Arctic and Great Basin


Answer: B

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The Persians adopted __________ as their official language, the most common language of Middle Eastern commerce.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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In North America, slave revolts were ________ in Latin American slave societies, full-scale revolts were ________.

A. numerous but small; nearly impossible to organize B. extremely rare; common, and involved large numbers of slaves C. common; extremely rare D. very rare; nearly nonexistent

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The so-called "final fling" of settlement on the frontier occurred in __________

a. California b. Oklahoma c. Missouri d. Oregon e. Arizona

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