How did the people of Mesopotamia respond in times of drought?
A) They suffered as expected, many abandoning their farms to migrate to more fertile lands.
B) They built large-scale, centrally controlled water conservation and irrigation systems, and fought wars against each other for control of scarcer resources.
C) They rationed food as long as possible and developed new techniques to deal with the protection of their borders to prevent invasions.
D) All of these
E) None of these
B
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What do these plans for a slave ship reveal about colonial attitudes toward enslaved Africans?
A) Slaves were cared for just well enough to ensure survival. B) Slaves were regarded as extremely valuable. C) Slaves were treated more like objects than people. D) Slaves were believed to be much hardier than the typical European. E) Slaves were thought to prefer living in close quarters with each other.
Although the televised debate with Nixon helped Kennedy, victory in the 1960 election:
a. depended on his ability to hold the Democratic coalition together. b. hinged on the use of the radio because it was still the nation's most important medium. c. depended on Kennedy's personal appearances. d. resulted from Kennedy being able to control his emotional outbursts.
Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons the South closed ranks on defending slavery in the 1830s?
A) Garrison began publishing an antislavery newspaper. B) West Indian slaves were freed by the British. C) Congress reopened the international slave trade. D) Increasing antislavery propaganda from the North.
A major Muslim contribution to Iberian economic life was the introduction of
A) the plow in agriculture. B) commercial banking. C) new crops and irrigation methods. D) an excellent system of roads.