Discuss the importance of water to the West
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Students should immediately recognize that access to water dominated the lives of westerners. Farming and mining both required large amounts of water, and students should investigate how these industries made use of the resource. Furthermore, students should recognize how water threatened to limit urban growth and how cities responded. Finally, a good essay should assess the environmental consequences of the efforts to put water to use in the West.
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In Iran, the mandated conversion to Shi'ism
a. was accepted as the word of god by the Sunnis. b. was accomplished peacefully in building a multinational empire. c. created a deep chasm between Iran and its Sunni neighbors. d. was only for the select members of the qizilbash in Iran. e. was done for purposes of unifying with the Abbasid Caliphate.
William Penn acquired the Three Lower Counties to provide Pennsylvania with
A) Philadelphia. B) settlers. C) access to the Atlantic. D) arable land lacking in Pennsylvania. E) mineral resources.
Which of the following was a consequence of the near-extinction of the native population of the West Indies?
A) Spanish colonizers began importing slaves from Africa. B) The Spanish began sending whole families to settle the region. C) Spanish colonizers turned to North America. D) The Spanish temporarily abandoned their exploration of the Americas.