Aristocratic medieval women
a. in unusual circumstances, could play a major role, as did Eleanor of Aquitaine.
b. were totally independent of their men.
c. never assumed managerial responsibilities in spite of their husband's frequent absences.
d. were always dominant in their marriages.
e. frequently led troops into battle in the absence of their husbands.
a
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a. were inferior engineers. b. had no large draft animals. c. had no ready access to wood and iron. d. were nomadic hunter-gatherers.
Economic change in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries transformed the character of city governments by
A) increasing the power of privileged landed families. B) eliminating guild control of many cities. C) tying town interests more closely to royal interests. D) changing the character of town councils from commercial interests to landed wealth. E) All of the above.
How did the self-strengthening policy change China's government?
A) It put new agricultural practices into effect in an attempt to end the devastating famines. B) It put to death tens of thousands of peasants who had participated in the Taiping Rebellion. C) It began modernization of flood control on its major river systems. D) It began to purchase modern weapons from Western countries. E) It took control of Vietnam, giving the country its first colony.
The main problem for the Austro-Hungarian Empire was
A) lack of universal male suffrage. B) an insufficient number of political parties. C) the nationalism of its many nationalities. D) an ailing economy. E) an Austrian controlled parliament.