The earliest Egyptian and Nubian states were
A. small kingdoms.
B. city-states.
C. unified early because of the unique nature of the Tigris.
D. trading networks.
E. centralized empires.
Answer: A
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When English romantics referred to "dark satanic mills," the reference was to
a. factories. b. mines. c. poor houses. d. tenement sweat shops. e. the guild member's workshop.
The following elements helped cause the Panic of 1819 and exacerbate its adverse economic effects except
a. the overextension of credit by western banks to dubious business and unwise ventures. b. the overspeculation in frontier lands by the Bank of the United States through its western branches. c. the absence of a sound, central national monetary policy by the federal government. d. the coercive loan call-in and foreclosure demands imposed by the Bank of the United States. e. a devastating agricultural drought throughout the nation in 1818-1819.
Spain decided to back Columbus's voyage to the west in the hopes that it would
a. help finally to defeat the Muslims. b. gain Spain a trading advantage over Portugal. c. make Columbus rich and famous. d. bring an end to feudalism in Europe.
What do the patterns of the internal slave trade in the first half of the nineteenth century suggest?
A) that there was a strong and growing demand for slaves in the Upper South
B) that demand for slaves in the Lower South was in decline
C) that there was a strong and growing demand for slaves in the Lower South
D) that demand for slaves was equally strong in the Upper and Lower South