Under Shah Abbas I, the Safavid capital was moved to
a. Kashan.
b. Shiraz.
c. Teheran.
d. Isfahan.
e. Tabriz.
d
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In 1914, when war erupted in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson
A. called on the American public to be completely impartial. B. declared that the "Triple Alliance" must be defeated. C. held secret diplomatic meetings with Great Britain. D. expressed sympathy for Germany. E. brokered separate peace treaties with both sides of the conflict.
_____________ felt that the influence of the average citizen on government should be checked
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)
The Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn was noted for
A) his formation of the French Academy of Painting and Sculptors. B) reflecting the values of the Dutch aristocracy in his works. C) being the one great Protestant painter of the seventeenth century. D) rejecting the Dutch preoccupation with realism for the Baroque style of French classicism. E) his moody paintings of elongated religious figures.
Which of these was not a reason for U.S. opposition to Ramón Grau San Martín's revolutionary government?
A) Grau suspended repayment of loans to New York bankers. B) Grau confiscated two U.S.-owned sugar mills. C) Grau opposed the creation of democratic political institutions and free elections. D) Grau's social reforms threatened elite power and U.S. hegemony.