Which of the following statements best characterizes the nature of India today?
a. India, unlike China, has rejected its cultural traditions and adopted those of the West.
b. The majority of India's population is part of a large and growing middle class.
c. India's economy is a perfect model of the modern, successful socialist state.
d. India today is a nation of contrasts, with nearly one-third of its population living in poverty.
e. Rural and urban poverty in India is rapidly becoming the norm for the first time in Indian history.
d
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Southern China's main agricultural product is
a. Wheat. b. Potato. c. Corn. d. Rice. e. Tea.
Most political organizations demanding rights for Africans were
a. led by rural peasants, inspired by Marxist ideas of the class struggle. b. committed to using violent means to achieve their goals. c. led by paternalistic Europeans who saw Africans as children to be led and guided. d. headed by Western-educated Africans who believed in non-violent change. e. fascist in ideology and organization, inspired by the successes of Hitler and Mussolini.
_______ v. Madison was a pivotal case in which the Supreme Court declared an act of Congress unconstitutional.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
During the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Lincoln
A) supported both political equality for blacks and the Dred Scott decision. B) portrayed Douglas as an opponent of the Dred Scott decision. C) opposed both slavery and social and political equality for blacks. D) supported repealing the Fugitive Slave Act.