The Chinese referred to oracles to foretell the future by
a. Reading the signs made by the calls of owls at night
b. Animal sacrifice rituals.
c. Reading the ash of burned poppy leaves.
d. Interpreting the cracks resulting from placing a heated poker on the shoulder blade bone of cattle, turtle shells, and plastrons.
e. Burning the ashes of ancestors.
d
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A) Germany remained fragmented. B) the nations of Europe would no longer go to war over religion. C) each nation was permitted to direct its own internal affairs. D) the balance of power was the new principle of European diplomacy. E) All these answers are correct.
Which of these proved integral to Ottoman prosperity?
A) the Janissaries B) control of the Balkans C) conquest D) defeat of the Safavid Empire
During the nineteenth century, the religious group that set the pace for missionary enterprises that other Western nations imitated was __________.
A. evangelical Protestants from Britain B. Roman Catholics from the Americas C. Roman Catholics from Spain, Portugal, and Italy D. Protestant settlers in British colonies
Which one of the following statements is true of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlán?
a. It had a complex system of canals, bridges, and dams, with the Great Temple at the center. b. It was located in the dense jungle of the Yucatan Peninsula. c. Its defeat was due to its leader surrendering too soon to Hernán Cortés, who was in fact outnumbered and outgunned. d. Technologically and architecturally, it was so far behind European capitals that its defeat was certain. e. It had the New World's first mass transit system.