What event decimated the population of Europe in the 1300s, reducing the population by as much as half?
A) The Black Death (bubonic plague)
B) The Peasants' Revolt
C) The Great Famine
D) The Hundred Years' War
Answer: A
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British Prime Minister William Pitt's main goal in the French and Indian War was:
A) eliminating all Indian claims east of the Mississippi. B) unifying the colonies politically and militarily. C) persuading the colonists to help pay for the conflict. D) driving the French out of North America.
In Japan, the Gekokujo (“those below toppling those above”) period of civil war erupted in 1467 and continued, on and off, until the ________.
a. 1570s. b. 1490s. c. 1530s. d. 1690s.
Rome was the largest city in Europe in the Middle Ages
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
How did John Vanderlyn distort actual events in his painting of the death of Jane McCrea?
A) McCrea had served in the Continental Army and was not as defenseless as portrayed. B) McCrea was actually attacked but not murdered by Indians. C) McCrea had Loyalist sympathies, but a Continental soldier is shown coming to rescue her. D) Indians abducted McCrea, and she actually died of natural causes in their custody. E) The Indians who attacked McCrea were accompanied by British soldiers not depicted in the painting.