Which of the following was not a key aspect of the writing system of the Phoenicians?
a. Its phonetic base could be understood by most languages.
b. Vowels were not used, as readers could insert them.
c. The system was easy to learn and memorize.
d. Each of the 22 letters represented a different consonant.
e. It had no pictorial symbols.
a
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A. Filipinos were more welcoming of American protectionism. B. Filipinos led an armed revolution against an American occupation. C. The United States did not have sovereignty over the Philippines. D. The United States established no permanent military presence in Cuba.
Although Britain declared Egypt independent in 1922, Britain in reality still controlled Egypt?s
A) economy. B) defense. C) foreign affairs. D) Suez Canal. E) all of the above.
________ was the name of the Soviets’ first space satellite.
a. Yuri Gagarin b. Stalinik c. Sputnik d. Valentina Tereshkova
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a. Catholicism resurged. b. the Pope annulled his divorce from Catherine of Aragon. c. England erupted in Civil War d. Protestantism under his successor Edward VI had virtually free rein.