What was the name of the Venetian merchant who claimed to have visited the Mongol court and whose writings are a disputed source of information on thirteenth-century China?
A) Marco Polo
B) John of Piancarpino
C) Alexius Comnenus
D) Marsiglio of Padua
E) Christine de Pizan
Answer: A
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A) Franklin Roosevelt, Georgia O'Keeffe, Henry James B) Grover Cleveland, Jackson Pollock, Helen Hunt Jackson C) Theodore Roosevelt, Frederick Remington, Owen Wister D) Rutherford B. Hayes, Asher Durand, Theodore Dreiser E) Benjamin Harrison, Frederic Church, Hamlin Garland
Hosni Mubarak's period in power was ended by ________
A) World War II B) the 1979 Iranian revolution C) the Six-Day War D) the Arab Spring
The ____________________ have no trust in government; they feel all government is prone to corruption so it must be kept to a minimum
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The ILD, which defended black defendants in two high profile cases in the 1930s, was affiliated with
a. the CIO. b. the NAACP. c. the Communist Party. d. the Democratic Party.