Why was the early development from foraging to farming unreliable?
a. Early peoples did not have the knowledge or technology to cultivate crops.
b. By relying on a relatively small range of farmed foods they were vulnerable to ecological disasters and famine.
c. Individuals tried to work the land but could not convince the entire community to engage in order to make farming successful.
d. They food that could easily be grown was not readily accepted as edible by cultures used to eating foraged products.
b
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When Charles V abdicated, how did he divide his empire?
a) Philip II got Spain, the Americas, Italy, and the Netherlands; Ferdinand I became Holy Roman Emperor and got Austria and Bohemia. b) Philip II got Scandinavia, Great Britain, and France; Ferdinand I became Archduke of Muscovy and got Lithuania and the Ukraine. Consider This: Which of these men married an English monarch? See 2.1: The Thirty Years’ War. c) Philip II got nothing and had to wait for his uncle Ferdinand I to die before inheriting his lands. Consider This: Which of these men married an English monarch? See 2.1: The Thirty Years’ War. d) Ferdinand I got nothing and his nephew Philip II inherited everything from Charles. Consider This: Which of these men married an English monarch? See 2.1: The Thirty Years’ War.
Spanish expansion and exploration of the New World was best exemplified by
A) the first circumnavigation of the globe by Amerigo Vespucci. B) the conquest of the Aztec Empire by Cortés. C) the conquest of Mayan civilization by Magellan. D) Pizarro's rounding of the tip of South America in 1519. E) Cabot's search for the Northwest Passage.
In his essay “Everybody’s Protest Novel,” James Baldwin argued that novels like Richard Wright’s Native Son
a. failed to recognize that class conflict, not racial discrimination, was the true source of blacks’ misery. b. depicted the true state of degradation to which white oppression had reduced black society. c. ignored the richness of black cultural life and the individual’s capacity to grow beyond racial identity. d. provided a much richer and more accurate portrayal of black culture than the misguided works of culturalist sociologists.
At the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, the
a. Seljuk Turks defeated the Byzantines. b. Byzantines defeated the Normans. c. Byzantines defeated the Seljuk Turks. d. crusaders conquered Constantinople. e. Ottoman Turks defeated the Byzantines.