Which of the following took advantage of the growing weakness of Spain and Portugal to expand New World colonial possessions?
A) England
B) France
C) Holland
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
D
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Which of the following was NOT a result of the victory of Piedmont-Sardinia in 1859 against the Austrians?
a. Piedmont-Sardinia gained Lombardy. b. New revolutionary governments in central Italy decided to accept the leadership of Piedmont-Sardinia. c. Piedmont-Sardinia annexed Venetia. d. Nice and Savoy were awarded to France. e. Austria abandoned much of its Italian territory.
The Peloponnesian War was
a. the Persian invasion of Greece just after 500 B.C. b. between Sparta and their allies versus Athens and their allies. c. the war between Thebes and Sparta. d. the Macedonian invasion of southern Greece. e. the war between the Greeks and the Persians.
Popular culture ?
A. is, to a significant degree, created in the United Kingdom and then, in part at least, spread to other Western areas and beyond. B. has proven unexpectedly resistant to exploitation by commercial interests. C. became, in the area of sports, highly commercialized during the second half of the twentieth century. D. is mainly Asian in emphasis. E. has had little influence on most of the world's peoples.
Paul of Tarsus advanced the position that __________.
A. Christianity should be spread to Gentiles B. Christianity was a message for Jews alone C. Jesus of Nazareth was divine but never fully human D. Jesus of Nazareth would not return to Earth for many thousands of years