The writings of the Spanish bishop Bartolomé de Las Casas that appear in the English edition known as The Tears of the Indians portray the Spanish conquistadores as __________
A) religious and humane
B) savagely brutal
C) kind and generous slave owners
D) victorious in celebration
B
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Which of the following was NOT a technological innovation that transformed maritime commerce?
A) sail rigging B) astrolabe C) gunpowder D) hull design E) navigational charts
In what book is this passage? "But now Apollo of Gryneum has commanded me to claim the great land of Italy and "Italy" is the word on the lots cast at his Lycian oracle. That is my love, and that is my homeland. You are a Phoenician from Asia and you care for the citadel of Carthage and love the very sight of this city in Libya; what objection can there be to Trojans settling in the land of Ausonia? How can it be a sin if we too look for distant kingdoms?"
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 9 e. 11
Prince Klemens von Metternich is remembered as a(n) ________
A. Enlightenment thinker B. revolutionary leader C. Latin American colonialist D. conservative statesman
In the early 1940s, MOWM caused consternation among black leaders such as Bayard Rustin and James Farmer because
a. they had lost faith in peaceful protest and advocated more militant action. b. they believed that the struggle for civil rights needed to be halted temporarily until the Second World War had come to an end. c. they believed that the march might inspire militant action and that prohibiting whites from participating in the march would alienate white supporters. d. they felt that a march on Washington would contribute to the belief that the black community needed the federal government to solve its problems and would undermine the doctrine of self-reliance.