Which of these explains the Inca use of mummies?
A) It was the focus of ancestor worship.
B) It symbolically tied the rulers to the spiritual world.
C) It proved the purity of imperial rule.
D) It functioned as a family tree for the Inca ruling family.
Answer: B
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The constitutions written by the states provided several important precedents for the later federal system created by the Constitution of 1787. One of the most important was the principle of
A. a weak executive. B. county divisions within a state structure. C. direct popular rule. D. creating a written document as supreme law.
What did the National Congress of American Indians allege in a federal court case?
A) ?The U. S. government was encouraging suicide among young Native Americans. B) ?The U.S. government had unfairly regulated casino gambling on reservation land. C) ?The Indian Trust Fund had been depriving Native Americans of their payments for decades. D) ?The policy of pushing Native Americans onto reservation land violated their constitutional rights.
The essence of the "shogunate system" was that
A. governmental power became decentralized under the emperor. B. governmental power became centralized under shogun, while the emperor ruled in name only. C. the emperor became the central ruler and the shogun became a nominal official. D. the military was put under complete civilian control. E. the peasants were granted the rank of samurai.
Queen Elizabeth I
A. was the first female ruler of France. B. became hated because of her attempt to restore Roman Catholicism in England. C. slapped Paul III in the face after a lengthy, and heated, theological debate. D. successfully survived the Spanish armada. E. engineered the brilliant English-Swedish naval success at the Battle of Lepanto.