Which of the following emerged as the staple crop of the Carolinas in the late seventeenth century?
a) rice
b) tobacco
c) cotton
d) corn
a) rice
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Which of following is NOT associated with the progressive effort to stop prostitution and other activities associated with the sex trade?
A. the book The Social Evil, which published the findings of a New York committee formed to study prostitution in the city B. the National American Woman Suffrage Association C. the American Society of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis D. the Mann Act (the White Slave Traffic Act)
Because they were targeted as responsible for the plague, many Jews left Europe and went to ______________.
A. Constantinople B. Poland and Russia C. Ireland D. Iceland and Norway E. America
Why did most Europeans think of Russia as being more Asian than European, even though most of its population lived within Europe’s borders?
a) Russia’s vast Siberian lands, autocratic government, and weak protections given to private property seemed to resemble places like China or Turkey more than European nations. b) Europeans had always seen Russia as Asian, particularly because of its adherence to Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Consider This: Russian tsars claimed service from every noble or peasant. See 5.6: Narrative: The Great Embassy. c) The Slavic language of Russia seemed too foreign to most speakers of the Romance or Germanic tongues of Western Europe. Consider This: Russian tsars claimed service from every noble or peasant. See 5.6: Narrative: The Great Embassy. d) Most novels about Russia unfairly painted it as an alien Asian nation, an idea many Western European readers adopted. Consider This: Russian tsars claimed service from every noble or peasant. See 5.6: Narrative: The Great Embassy.
Among the five "Good Emperors," whose tenure was characterized by a series of natural disasters and wars?
A) Marcus Aurelius B) Antoninus Pius C) Septimius Severus D) Hadrian E) Diocletian