Why does Anna Lea Merritt counsel women to be hard-hearted?
A) to avoid helping their husbands
B) so as not to be distracted from their artwork
C) so that charitable organizations will leave them alone
D) in an effort to be more respected
B
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During the ancien régime, a good-sized town had up to how many inhabitants?
A) 100 B) 1,000 C) 10,000 D) 100,000
The rapid growth and development of the West after 1815 were stimulated by
a. the lure of cheap lands for easterners and European immigrants. b. construction of new railroads through the mountains into the West. c. the development of a tobacco strain suited to the climate of the Old Northwest. d. the abolition of slavery in the western territories. e. the stable economic environment of the 1820s.
What explains the slow colonization of Alta California?
a. The dangers and the cost of traveling to California from Mexico. b. The cultural predisposition to prefer urban life to that in the hinterlands. c. Widespread ignorance and misinformation about the conditions in California. d. All of the above played a role.
The principle of li in Chinese life expresses
A) a king?s right to suppress all challenges to authority. B) the demand that loyalty to the ruler supercedes loyalty to family. C) prosperity, manners, and sacred rituals. D) a code of honor and chivalry for the nobility in both war and peace. E) the right of the Chinese people to rebel against government oppression.