What were the chief initiatives taken by the early rulers of the Ming dynasty to enhance the role of China in the world? Why did the imperial court order the famous voyages of Zhenghe, and why were they discontinued?
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Why did Columbus call the people he contacted in the Caribbean "Indians"?
A) He thought he had reached the outlying portions of India. B) They called themselves Indians. C) Earlier explorers had already named the islands the "West Indies." D) "Indian" is Italian for "unknown people." E) His sponsor, Isabella, was known as "Queen of the Indies."
What were the differences in the new forms of exploitation used by the Western Hemisphere and Eurasia in the seventeenth century? Describe the results
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Religion and society wereamong the subjects
a. that scholars re-examined in the Late Middle Ages. b. that were considered taboo for scholars in the Late Middle Ages. c. in which scholars of the Late Middle Ages built on medieval thinking. d. that scholars virtually ignored in the Late Middle Ages.
A confederation is
a. an alliance b. a democracy c. a division of power between a central government and local governments