Which of the following was NOT a civilization of the classical era?
a. The kingdom of Axum
b. The Roman Empire
c. The Niger River valley civilization
d. The Sumerian civilization
Answer: d. The Sumerian civilization
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a. gente de razón b. alcalde c. neophyte d. criollo
Concerning the role of women in traditional China, which of the following is FALSE?
A. Women could not participate in sacred family rituals. B. Women could not aspire to roles in the government. C. Women could not inherit property. D. Women were prohibited, on penalty of death, from studying the Confucian classics. E. All of these.
Who wrote the famous sixteenth-century book The Prince?
A. Lorenzo Ghiberti B. Niccolo Alberti C. Giorgio Castiglione D. Niccolo Machiavelli E. Desiderius Erasmus
Louis XVI convened the Estates General in order to
a. divide the nobility and break their power over the French monarch. b. give the people a chance to decide about further support of American revolutionary efforts. c. increase the legal recognition and power of the Third Estate in French political life. d. solve financial problems by instituting new taxes.