Who was the US president that openly wanted to acquire Pacific coast ports for the China trade?
a. Zachary Taylor
b. James Polk
c. Ulysses Polk
d. Abraham Lincoln
Answer: b. James Polk
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A) architecture. B) clothing design. C) fiction writing. D) painting. E) orchestral music.
Who was elected president of the Weimar Republic in 1925?
a. Herman Goering b. Carl Jung c. Gustave Stresemann d. Paul von Hindenburg e. Adolph Hitler
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Socialization is the process of teaching members of a society the values, expectations, and practices of the larger culture. 2. Gender is something that we only learn once, in one setting, and then is something we never “do” again. 3. Social patterns are regularities in the way the world works. 4. Women scientists enforce gender norms and expectations by distancing themselves from femininity and “typical feminine practices.” 5. Julie Bettie suggests that achieving upward mobility may be easier for Mexican American girls than for their brothers because it is easier for girls to transgress gender boundaries.
What was the initial impetus behind European exploration in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries?
a) European countries were looking for alternative trade routes by sea to Asia. b) Europe’s merchants wanted to challenge the Arab monopoly on overland trade routes. c) Europe had experienced a population explosion and needed to find new land for settlers. d) European rulers wanted to find potential allies to join the Columbian Exchange.