Who was the first known European to look westward upon the Pacific Ocean, in 1513?
A. Vasco de Balboa
B. Hernando Cortés
C. Ferdinand Magellan
D. Amerigo Vespucci
E. Juan Ponce de León
Answer: A
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A. conservative republicans B. monarchists C. radical republicans D. Socialists
Black women from the Catholic order of the Sisters of the ________ started schools and ministered to the old and infirm among the free black community
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The sea was populated by desperate people, as exhibited by which of the following?
a. kidnapped sailors forced to serve on ships. b. English peasants forced off their land by enclosure laws. c. Irish peasants forced off their land by landed gentry. d. all of the answers are correct. e. potentially mutinous crews.
As a result of the treaty made with Germany in Versailles, Germany
A) lost the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, its overseas colonies, and valuable lands on its eastern frontiers. B) had to surrender most of its merchant shipping. C) had to dismantle its armed forces. D) had to accept a "war guilt" clause. E) All of these