Which of the following was NOT a reason for Ottoman decline?
a. Failing discipline among the janissaries
b. Lack of effective government centralization
c. Kurdish, Arab and Balkan Christian disenchantment
d. Lack of Islamic fervor
e. Stagnating technology
d
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A) advancement in medicine and public health. B) sustained population growth. C) transportation improvements. D) new forms of land ownership and use. E) rapid urbanization.
Under feudalism of the Early Middle Ages
A) the major obligation of a vassal to his lord was to provide military service. B) a vassal was not required to provide legal assistance at his lord's court. C) a lord has no formal responsibilities toward his vassals. D) there was no outlet for the breaking of the bond between lord and vassal. E) lords and vassals were entirely independent of one another.
In his first "Report on the Public Credit," Alexander Hamilton proposed __________
A) the establishment of a centralized Bank of the United States B) high protective tariffs C) funding the domestic debt and sharing the profits with its original holders D) that the federal government assume the remaining Revolutionary War debts of the states
How was Nikita Khrushchev different from his predecessor Josef Stalin?
A) Khrushchev was more open to the West. B) Khrushchev was more inflexible. C) Khrushchev wanted to end the Cold War. D) Khrushchev avoided entangling alliances. E) Khrushchev was afraid of the United States.