When the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus needed military assistance against the Seljuk Turks, he wrote to which person in the West?
a. the king of France
b. the Holy Roman emperor
c. the king of England
d. the pope
e. the grand prince of Kievan Rus
d
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Which of the following reaped the benefits of the second Red Scare?
A) Libertarians B) Independents C) Republicans D) Democrats
Truman's assumption that the United States would maintain its containment policy through a monopoly on nuclear weapons was undercut by __________.
A. the Soviets matching each U.S. atomic and hydrogen bomb development B. the unsustainable cost of nuclear weapons C. technical problems that made mass production of nuclear weapons impossible D. European NATO allies refusing to allow nuclear weapons on their territory
Did the Constitution advance or set back the principles of the Revolution? Defend your answer by showing clearly the changes in political philosophy that the Constitution demonstrated.
What will be an ideal response?
An agreement at a 1987 summit in Moscow
A. reduced conventional forces stationed in Central Europe. B. pledged Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. C. ended the testing of nuclear weapons. D. provided for destruction of certain nuclear missiles with on-site inspection.