The ancient city of Troy occupied a strategic position on what was known in the time of Homer as
A) the Bosporus.
B) the Hellespont.
C) the Peloponnesus.
D) Rhodes.
E) Gibralter.
B
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Some in the British Parliament blamed the massive famine of 1769, which killed one third of Bengal's population, on
a. the East India Company. b. British military actions against the Mughal armies. c. the Indians being forced to plant cotton, resulting in insufficient food production. d. internal wars between competing maharajahs. e. decrease in the number of farmers, as a result of diseases imported by the Europeans.
The "open door" policy refers to
a. a key principle of American foreign relations that emphasizes the free flow of trade, investment, and information. b. the policy of many employers by which trade unions were deemed illegal. c. a liberal policy on the part of industrial capitalists by which they hired many women, African-Americans, and Asian-Americans. d. the economic opportunities afforded by the market economy in early twentieth-century America.
The text's account of the Mesoamerican ball game
a. emphasizes that the Spaniards were disgusted by it. b. presents competing interpretations of the game's rules. c. uses it as a window into child-rearing and educational practices. d. relies on archeological evidence.
The origins of the modern plantation system can be found in the
a. American South. b. Arab slave trade. c. Portuguese slave trade. d. European feudal system. e. African slave system.