The beginning of Islam as an independent religious movement is marked by Muhammad's departure from Mecca, known as the
A) hijra.
B) umma.
C) jihad.
D) hadith.
E) sura.
Answer: A
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Why was the threat of popular unrest persistent in China despite the defeat of the Boxer rebellion?
a. Propaganda from other global powers continued to stir up rebel factions. b. China's government could not handle the needs of all the different sects within its borders. c. Rural poverty had worsened and unleashed millions of migrant paupers, with nothing to lose from violence. d. Enemies of the Chinese continued to finance and train Chinese nationals in hopes of disrupting Chinese power.
The post-Civil War West can best be described as a land of
A. shattering economic busts B. relatively consistent economic growth. C. unprecedented booms and devastating busts. D. explosive economic growth.
The Alliance for Progress was aimed at improving U.S. relations with:
A) the Middle East. B) Latin America. C) Eastern Europe. D) Southeast Asia.
For African Americans, emancipation meant
a. the ability to legalize "slave marriages.". b. the right to claim forty acres and a mule from their former masters' land. c. the opportunity to take over the white churches they had been forced to attend. d. the right to sue their former masters for back wages. e. the right to form political parties.