Shi'ite holy sites in Iraq were raided by the __________ in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries
A) Persians
B) Ottoman Turks
C) Wahhabists
D) Dutch
Answer: C
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Benjamin Banneker’s abilities as a __________ led to employment with the federal government
A) historian B) poet C) mathematician D) literary critic
What cultural values of ancient Egypt are demonstrated by the pyramids of Giza?
a. The connection of kings to the gods b. The importance of ritual and tradition c. The power of the king d. The centrality of the afterlife E. All of the above
Why did so few Indians go to Cherokee West early in the nineteenth century?
a) Some Indians welcomed aspects of white civilization. b) They could not find enough wagons to haul their belongings. c) Many did not want to leave their families. d) Few trusted John Ross to make decisions for the good of the tribe. e) Many worried that they would lose their slaves along the way.
British involvement in Latin America turned the countries in that region into __________
A) suppliers of raw materials for British industry B) colonial possessions of the British Empire C) industrial sites for the manufacturing of goods D) political democracies with industrialized economies