Bartolomé de las Casas's critique of the Spanish in the Americas amounted to a charge of __________.
A. genocide
B. malign neglect
C. base robbery
D. destructive ignorance
Answer: A
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What is the relationship between the secession of South Carolina in late 1860 and the development of the Civil War?
A) South Carolina decided to come back into the Union, delaying the state of the war. B) South Carolina was the last southern state to secede, leaving open the possibility for a quick end to the war. C) South Carolina left the Union reluctantly, indicating southern divisions regarding leaving the nation. D) South Carolina left the Union first, beginning a procession of southern states out of the nation and causing the war.
Which of the following are associated with the Columbian exchange?
a. European diseases crossed both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. b. the exchange of food crops changed the diets of both Europeans and Americans. c. cattle were successful in the Americas because of large open grasslands. d. potatoes and corn spread throughout the world, becoming major food sources. e. all of these choices.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Reading egalitarian books to children over a sustained period of time can do little to shape or change the dominant gender schema. 2. Historians have identified the 1930s as a time of backlash against the changes in gender expectations and sexual freedom of the 1920s. 3. In their extensive study of children’s books, McCabe et al. found that only one Caldecott winner has a female animal as a central character without any male central characters. 4. Data presented by McCabe et al. provide a general picture of disparity in children’s books, with the highest inequality occurring in the early twentieth century.
Muckraker Ida Tarbell became well known for her investigation of:
a. immigration b. corruption in the meat-packing industry c. corrupt city governments and "machines" d. unethical business practices by Standard Oil