In addition to being Islam's sacred book, the Koran
a. is composed, in part, of the Christian New Testament.
b. also provides the ethical foundation for life.
c. provides a systematized body of illegal tenets and theories of political procedures.
d. took oral shape before the writing of the Christian bible.
e. was written down by Muhammad's two sons.
b
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Why do historians associate the mid-1500s with the beginning of the Modern Age?
a) Great cultural shifts, in particular the Renaissance, Age of Discovery, Reformation, and invention of printing, all came together at this time to give many Europeans a radically new sense of their world. b) The monarchs of Europe united to declare an end to medieval forms of rule and military technology. Consider This: What things might cause a person in this period to consider himself or herself “modern”? See 1.1: What Was the Ancien Régime? c) The Catholic Church declared it to be a “miracle of the modern age” that it was able to introduce itself to the New World colonies of various European nations. Consider This: What things might cause a person in this period to consider himself or herself “modern”? See 1.1: What Was the Ancien Régime? d) Eastern European nations such as Russia, Bulgaria, and Hungary began to identify with Western European nations both politically and culturally in a way that reshaped the map of Europe into something resembling the way it looks today. What things might cause a person in this period to consider himself or herself “modern”? See 1.1: What Was the Ancien Régime?
When Byrd approached Mary Smith's father with the fact that he owned 43,000 acres and 220 slaves in Virginia, the older man remarked that Byrd's possessions were
a) "more than enough to prove his fitness for his daughter's hand in marriage." b) "impressive, but they paled in comparison to his daughter's worth." c) "little better than an estate on the moon." d) "not worth a bucket of warm spit." e) "worth more than he could ever hope to acquire in England."
All of the following statements regarding the "Conscience Whigs" are true except they
a. were antislavery. b. hoped to convince their party to renounce the expansion of slavery. c. condemned their party's decision to nominate Zachary Taylor for president. d. eventually forged a coalition with the Liberty Party and antislavery Democrats. e. formed the basis of the Free Soil Party.
As the twentieth century dawned, cities
a. became less important as people migrated all over the world. b. boomed in population and were redesigned for modern life with trains, cultural centers, and parks. c. were abandoned for fear of rising crime, labor unrest, and disease. d. incorporated modern conveniences that radically changed the lives of all who lived there. e. drew migrants because of plentiful job opportunities and high wages.