Some Europeans believed that male clergy should remain married but not engage in sexual relations with their wives, a practice known as
a. morganatic marriage.
b. polygamy.
c. investiture.
d. simony.
e. continence.
e
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Why did many antislavery societies focus on gradual emancipation rather than immediate emancipation?
A) Northern states had successfully passed plans for gradual emancipation. B) Many thought that under immediate emancipation, whites would lose their place at the top of the racial hierarchy. C) Some antislavery groups thought that immediate emancipation would ignore older slaves. D) Antislavery societies actually focused on immediate emancipation from the very beginning.
The economic system that emerged in the 18th century was
A) communism. B) mercantilism. C) socialism. D) capitalism. E) absolutism.
It is not clear whether Tikal, Copán, and Palenque ________
A) were cultural centers B) permanently held large populations C) were part of the Maya civilization D) played ceremonial roles
Which of the following was NOT true of the colony of Georgia?
A) The colony was to serve as a buffer between Spanish Florida and the prospering Carolina colonies. B) It grew slowly because the charter stipulated that no one could own enough land to develop a large-scale plantation. C) Slavery stood at the heart of this colony from the very beginning. D) It was supposed to serve as a haven for persecuted English Protestants and debtors. E) It was founded as a proprietary colony after the Restoration.