European contact with the Americas was often devastating because
a. ?Americans were poisoned by the food Europeans brought with them
b. ?Americans had no immunity to European diseases
c. ?American societies were already dying out
d. the economies of the Americas immediately collapsed
e. American societies were inferior to those of the Europeans
b
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Which of the following did religious authorities identify as the basis of society?
A) patriarchal authority B) religious freedom C) gender equality D) individual freedom
What prevented Sir Walter Raleigh from delivering badly needed supplies to his second colonial venture on the island of Roanoke?
a. A blockade by the Native tribe of the Croatan. b. Political infighting at the court of Elizabeth I. c. Naval warfare with the Spanish Armada. d. English civil war.
Which of the following states was not created after World War I according to principles of ethnic self-determination?
a. Poland b. Czechoslovakia c. Yugoslavia d. Scotland e. Finland
Examine the late-sixteenth/early-seventeenth century Benin bronze relief sculpture shown in Chapter 2.2. What aspects of the image indicate that the individuals are European?
A) European livestock is shown in the image. B) European cities are shown in the image. C) European clothing styles are depicted in the image. D) European languages are shown in the image.