What was the significance of the Battle of Manzikert?
A) It opened southern Asia to nomads.
B) It began the Turkish conquest of the Byzantine Empire.
C) It got the Turks out of Anatolia.
D) It stopped the Mongols' advance.
Answer: B
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a. foreign immigrants should be compelled to work at factory jobs b. brown-skinned and black-skinned races were equivalent to the white races c. Nordic and Anglo-Saxon races should expand and rule "inferior peoples" d. scientific expeditions should be mounted to study other races in their home continents
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