The greatest legacy of the Phoenicians to the West was the
A) Chaldean Wine trade.
B) worship of deities like Yahweh.
C) technology of smelting iron ore into iron.
D) founding of several western cities like Carthage.
E) modern alphabet.
E
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The Third Punic War
a. began with an unprovoked Carthaginian attack on Gaul. b. took place immediately after the end of the Second Punic War. c. resulted in Carthage being destroyed and its territory becoming a Roman province. d. saved North Africa from Roman influence. e. was caused by the assassination of Cato the Elder.
Lutheranism found its greatest following among German townspeople for which of the following reasons?
a. Their support for the confiscation of church lands in Germany b. Their objection to money flowing from their country to Rome in the form of church taxes and payment for church offices c. The diminishing power of the pope d. The dynamic leadership of the German clergy e. The resentment against the worldliness and lack of piety of many clergy.
Portuguese control of the spice trade was ended by
A. Muslim attacks from Delhi. B. the circumnavigating voyage of Balboa. C. the establishment of the British and Dutch East India Companies. D. rival Hindu merchants from the Ganges plain. E. a new outbreak of the Black Death.
Moshe Koppel and colleagues (2002) created a computer program to test whether men and women use language differently. To what extent could the computer program accurately identify whether something was written by man or woman?
A. no better than chance (about 50% accuracy) B. well above chance (about 80% accuracy) C. 80% accuracy but only for fictional writing D. 80% accuracy but only for nonfiction writing