With the increase in trade and urban activities during the Tang and Song eras,
a. the rural population declined.
b. a landed gentry class assumed a position of social and economic dominance.
c. the social stagnation of the population became institutionalized.
d. the scholar-gentry provided considerable financial support to Christians.
e. most of the population resided in urban areas.
b
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a. Nigeria b. Ghana c. Ethiopia d. Liberia
Why was pressure building for a new constitution during the second half of the 1780s?
What will be an ideal response?
Hamilton expected that the revenue to pay the interest on the national debt would come from
a. sales taxes and licensing fees. b. customs duties (tariffs) and excise taxes. c. income and property taxes. d. western land sales and foreign loans. e. capital gains taxes on corporations.
Why was Leopold unable to develop absolutism like Louis XIV of France?
a. There were too many different nationalities within the Empire. b. There was religious differentiation. c. There was a more traditional hierarchy of magnates and serfs. d. There was considerably less centralization of his bureaucracy. e. All of these.