Nantucket Island off Cape Cod was an important center for the __________ industry
A) brewing
B) textile
C) rum
D) whaling
Answer: D
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Isfahan illustrates which of these patterns?
A) A city that owed its prominence primarily to trade. B) A city that grew greatly in importance as an imperial capital. C) A fortress that developed into a city. D) A historic capital that gave importance to a dynasty that inherited it.
Vietnam’s relatively unobstructed natural border with southern China had all of the following results EXCEPT:
a. It assured continual contact and often led to ethnic blending. b. There is some evidence that a degree of ancestor veneration was also transmitted, although not nearing the degree found in Han China. c. It fostered the transmission of Buddhism, leading to Vietnam’s development of vibrant art motifs and temples. d. Although Theravada Buddhism was successfully introduced to Vietnam, Mahayana Buddhism did not have an impact on the Vietnamese.
The only colony in which enslaved African Americans outnumbered European Americans in the mid-1700s was
a. Maryland b. Virginia c. North Carolina d. South Carolina e. Georgia
In reference to the problems associated with world trade in the early 1930s, Secretary of State Cordell Hull believed which of the following to be the "king of evils?"
A. The international gold standard B. The Federal Reserve System C. The protective tariff D. The League of Nations