Which of the following is true about the Age of European expansion?
A) ?Italians, Portuguese and Spanish mariners explored the Atlantic hoping to find a route to Asia.
B) ?Expeditions were spurred by new technologies.
C) ?Europeans sought greater access to gold and slaves from west Africa.
D) ?Catholics sought new converts.
E) ?All of these are correct.
E
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Because of actions in China in 1949 and Cuba in 1959, the United States viewed the world as
a. becoming less threatening because of the spread of democracies. b. less threatening, as the Soviet influence decreased. c. more threatening because of the spread of the "Soviet menace" and communism. d. more dangerous, as both nations developed nuclear weapons. e. confusing, as new world military alliances were formed.
The black sociologist who argued in the book The Declining Significance of Race that the problems of the black poor had not been greatly affected by civil rights laws was __________
A) William Julius Wilson B) Thomas Sowell C) Clarence Thomas D) Mary Frances Berry
The results of the election of 1952 saw
A. the end to a period of Democratic dominance. B. the Republicans take control of the White House but not the Congress. C. a close outcome between the two major parties. D. all of these: the Republicans take control of the White House but not the Congress; the end to a long period of Democratic dominance; and a close outcome between the two major parties. E. None of these answers is correct.
What is the best explanation for the rapid spread of Islam?
A) Muhammad had encouraged jihad so that Muslims would not fight among themselves. B) Most people in the Middle East and North Africa already spoke Arabic, the language of the Qur'an. C) There was much disillusion with Christianity in the Roman periphery because of the theological disputes within the church. D) Islam, unlike Christianity, emphasized the individual over the community. E) Islam spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa, areas that did not have strong religious traditions.