What is the probable origin of the name California?

a. It was the Spanish term for the first native people the Spaniards encountered in what is now Baja California.
b. It was the name of one of the early Spanish explorers.
c. It was the name of a Spanish province.
d. It came from a Spanish mythical novel published in 1500.


d

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A) hunting and trade B) pastoralism C) the manufacture of flint tools D) cultivation of barley and wheat

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Which country became the most powerful Persian Gulf nation as a result of the toppling of Saddam Hussein's government?

A) Iran B) United Arab Emirates C) Saudi Arabia D) Kuwait

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The “conquistadors” Francisco Pizarro, Hernán Cortés, and Alonso Ortíz all originated in the Spanish region of __________.

a. Catalonia. b. Granada. c. Valencia. d. Estremadura.

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Explore the growth of the trans-Saharan trade network during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. How did trans-Saharan trade affect the regions of North Africa and Sudanic West Africa during this time period?

What will be an ideal response?

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