The main path to wealth and power in Egypt was
A) service to the pharaoh, usually as a scribe or military officer, but also in other capacities.
B) private enterprise.
C) entering into the business of trade.
D) becoming a priest.
E) marriage into the royal family.
A
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The greatest barrier to economic mobility in eighteenth-century British America was __________
A) a rigid and racist class system B) scarce and increasingly expensive land C) legal limits on leaving one's birth community D) a growing feudal system
The Safavid, Ottoman, and Mughal empires were all________
A) Turkic B) formed from Mongol khanates C) hegemonic empires D) Muslim
Which of the following is NOT a part of Darwin's theory of evolution?
a. Living beings reproduce faster than the food supply. b. Since there is a scarcity of food, there is a struggle for survival. c. Living beings are not identical. Those individuals who happen to have characteristics that give them an edge in the struggle for survival have a higher likelihood to survive. d. Over time, this natural selection in the struggle for survival creates new species and kills old ones off. e. The theory of evolution proves that God does not exist.
Martin Luther's initial intention, when he complained of corruption in the Catholic Church, was to
A. have the pope replaced. B. create a new church. C. reform the church. D. rebel against the church.