Between 1981 and 1988, more than 57,000 cases of AIDS were diagnosed in the United States, yet politicians were slow to respond to the epidemic because:
A) it was still considered too low a figure to qualify as a true epidemic.
B) government research funds were very limited.
C) leaders, including President Reagan, dismissed it as a gay disease.
D) it was difficult to diagnose and treat.
E) of all of the above reasons.
C
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By the 1880s, why had immigration patterns in the United States shifted?
A) Quotas severely limited immigration to the United States. B) Asians became the largest immigrant group. C) More immigrants were coming from Southern and Eastern Europe, such as from Russia, Italy, and Poland. D) South American immigrants poured into cities like San Francisco.
The polis was the Greek name for
A) police. B) people. C) culture. D) county. E) city-state.
Before 1492, Western Europe was:
A) officially Roman Catholic. B) officially Protestant. C) tolerant of many different religions. D) indifferent to religion.
Most of the workers who constructed the great pyramids of Giza were
a. Hebrew slaves b. women and children c. free workers hired for the construction d. members of the royal army e. unskilled laborers hired for physical strength