The society that was able to build complex agricultural systems at 12,000 feet above sea level -- an unheard of task -- was
a. Andean
b. Mayan
c. Aztec
d. Incan
e. African
a
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The Homestead Act of 1862
A) failed to fill the West with 160-acre family farms because most landless Americans were simply too poor to become farmers. B) succeeded admirably in planting 160-acre family farms throughout the West. C) did not immediately lead to a West with 160-acre family farms due to Native American defense of their homelands. D) was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Munn v. Illinois.
The environmental movement accomplished all of the following in the 1970s EXCEPT for
A) the installation of catalytic converters in cars to reduce automobile pollution. B) the creation of a Superfund to pay for the cleanup of areas ravaged by pollution. C) the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce environmental laws. D) legislation mandating cutbacks in fossil fuel usage by manufacturers. E) laws requiring the removal of cancer-causing asbestos from schools.
Why did the Minoans lack fortifications around their cities?
A. Despite speculations, historians are unsure of the exact reason. B. Minoan civilization was more peaceful than that of the Mycenaeans. C. The Minoans possessed natural boundaries that limited danger to their cities. D. Minoan culture and religion reveal a peaceful and pacifistic people.
Absolutism was exemplified by the monarchical systems of
a. Sweden and Denmark. b. England and France. c. the Netherlands and Russia. d. France and Russia. e. Poland and Lithuania.