The main staple crop of the Old Northwest (today's Midwest) was
A. wheat.
B. cotton.
C. barley.
D. corn.
E. soy.
Answer: A
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Which of the following best describes the relationship between humans and the environment in Mesopotamia?
A. Only farmers had sufficient knowledge to manipulate the surrounding environment. B. Humans had to constantly innovate ways to alter their environment to accommodate rapid population growth. C. Religious beliefs prevented humans from tampering with the environment. D. Periodic environmental disasters led to the frequent social collapse of large settlements.
Which of the following statements concerning the status of women in post-independence Latin America is most accurate?
A) Following independence, women gained little ground and there was virtually no change in the attitudes toward women's proper role in society. B) Because of their participation in the independence movement, women were rewarded in post-revolutionary Latin America with voting rights and access to political office. C) Because women in general failed to support the revolutionary movements, they were not included in the massive reforms that allowed independence. D) The status of women actually declined after independence, as they were cut off from the areas such as public education that had been available to them in colonial Latin America.
The structure of the Mughal Empire consisted of
a. a centralized bureaucracy run by professionally trained staff who were recruited through a system of examinations and promoted on merit. b. a military state in which the army controlled all elements of government and provincial administration. c. a theocratic government that was controlled by the Muslim clergy and discriminated against the Hindu population. d. a heartland in northern India with outlying kingdoms and principalities linked to the court through marriage and tribute and manpower obligations.