In 1487 __________ discovered the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa
A) Bartolomeu Dias
B) Christopher Columbus
C) Vasco da Gama
D) Ferdinand Magellan
Answer: A
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Sam Houston famously screamed "Remember the Alamo!" at
A) Goliad during a decisive American defeat over the Mexicans. B) Mexico City during diplomatic talks with the Mexicans. C) President Jackson's signing of the annexation of Texas. D) a routing of the Mexican army at the San Jacinto River.
The association of a band of warriors and their chief in Germanic tribal society was called
A) a colonus. B) a comitatus. C) feudalism. D) a bot. E) jus civile.
One contributor to the rising divorce rates is that many women
A. have alternatives for economic survival other than dependence on a husband's income. B. have become more argumentative as they have become more liberated. C. are marrying at an older age than in previous generations. D. find that men will not tolerate their desire for equality in the relationship.
The Crittenden Compromise was rejected by Lincoln because it
A) expanded the Fugitive Slave Act as one of its key provisions. B) rejected popular sovereignty. C) protected slavery in the New Mexico Territory and California. D) was supported by President Buchanan.