Desirous of Asian luxury goods and aware of the loss of formerly Christian lands to the expansion of Islam, Europeans took to the oceans in the hope of
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: establishing direct access to Asian markets and extending the boundaries of Christianity.
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The national mood when, in December 1941, the United States went to war was
a. rather businesslike: Let’s get the job done. b. elated, almost hysterical: The Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming. c. morbid and defeatist: This will end in disaster. d. cheerful: We won’t be back ’til it’s over over there. e. none of these choices.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The “permissive effect” of a hormone refers to the direct cause-effect relationship between a hormone and behavioral patterns. 2. Sapolsky argues that aggression results in increases in testosterone. 3. In the human species, males account for less than 50% of the population, yet they generate an incredibly disproportionate percentage of the violence in human society. 4. When males are castrated, testosterone levels plummet to zero and aggression disappears. 5. There are no known mammals where females are stronger, more muscular, and more powerful than males.
The major accomplishment of Baron Georges Haussmann was
A) rebuilding Paris by constructing wide boulevards and spacious public parks. B) building the Suez Canal. C) leading the successful German unification movement. D) leading the unsuccessful June Days in the 1848 revolution. E) victory at Crimea.
Fishponds allowed Hawaiians to harvest large quantities of mature fish with relative ease, and thus contributed to the islanders' supply of food.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)