In recent years, historical studies of slavery have found it to be somewhat more efficient and profitable than previously thought.
a. true
b. false
Answer: a. true
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Which of the following is NOT significant to the decline of the Yuan dynasty?
A) famine and disease B) oppressive taxation C) Mongol control of government D) lack of military discipline E) climate change
Looking at Map 12.1, "The Abbasid Empire at Its Peak," which of these was true?
A) Baghdad was well placed as an administrative center. B) The Abbasid Empire stretched further west than the Umayyad Empire. C) The Abbasid Empire stopped at the edge of south Asia. D) Persia was the geographic center of the Abbasid Empire.
Thomas Jefferson did not support the creation of the national bank.
A. True
B. False
In 2007, Venezuela's democratic presidential election produced a landslide victory of 63 percent for the
A) neoliberal program of Carlos Andrés Pérez. B) socialist program of Hugo Chávez Frías. C) liberal nationalist program of Pedro Carmona. D) populist program of Rafael Caldera.