Which of the following people was a buccaneer?
A) Cloudesley Shovell
B) Clotworthy Skeffington
C) Olaudah Equiano
D) Henry Morgan
D) Henry Morgan
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"The Sepoy Rebellion was the major turning point in modern Indian history." Discuss and evaluate the arguments supporting and opposing this statement.
What will be an ideal response?
Which topic is likely to be stressed by a New Western historian such as Patricia Nelson Limerick in her 1987 book The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West?
A) the traditional frontier heroes B) the savagery of Native Americans C) the settlers' triumphs over obstacles in the West D) the diversity of the West
Internally, Mongkut and Chulalongkorn saved Thailand from being dominated by imperialistic Europeans through which of the following?
a. Politically, Thailand was divided into small states with appointed governors loyal to the king. b. Economically, Thailand was closed to foreign trade to all European nations. c. Culturally, it gave up areas to European nations to create a more ethnically defined nation. d. Having created a modern military, Thailand was able to defeat both French and British invasions. e. Religiously, it allowed missionaries to establish themselves in Thailand.
What was the name for the evolving body of ideas during this era that supported a broad distribution of power to people and the right of the people to determine how and by whom they would be governed?
A) empire B) constitutional monarchy C) republicanism D) direct democracy