One reason that the Cistercians razed forests and drove their flocks deep into wilderness was
a. to develop those areas' wealth.
b. to escape secular society.
c. to bring secular society to those wild areas.
d. to build ever more elaborate abbeys.
b
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How did American colonists respond to the Proclamation of 1763?
a. American colonists reluctantly obeyed the law they hated. b. They went on the warpath against western Indians. c. Grateful colonists sought closer relations with the British government. d. They joined Daniel Boone in droves in his rebellion against British rule. e. Many defied the Proclamation and kept moving west.
People opposing the war in Vietnam included
a. religious pacifists. b. pro-Communists hoping for a North Vietnamese victory. c. romantics enamored of the underdog NLF. d. people who believed America was morally wrong to be there. e. all of these choices.
The successful Cuban revolution of January 1959 was led by
A) Fulgencio Batista. B) Jacobo Arbenz Guzman. C) Fidel Castro. D) Che Guevara.
A Hellenistic scientist named __________ was able to calculate the circumference of the earth within two hundred miles.
A. Eratosthenes B. Thucydides C. Hipparchus D. Aristarchus