Which of the following does NOT describe the Middle Kingdom?
A) political stability for half a millennium
B) increased trade with neighbors
C) worsening conditions for poor laborers
D) a more "democratic" sense of who would be able to enjoy the afterlife
E) development of the first real empire
E
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a. applied Confucian principles of morality to their work. b. separated their economic life from their moral values. c. applied Buddhist principles of enlightenment to their work. d. applied neo-Daoist ideas of the beauty of nature to their work.
The Congress of Vienna in 1815
A. was attended by representatives of France, Britain, Italy, and the United States. B. operated in accord with the principles of liberalism. C. agreed to meet periodically to take steps to maintain Europe's peace and stability. D. created the Concert of Europe, an interchange of musicians who presented a gala series of performances, with concerts given in a different capital each year. E. was dominated by Camillo di Cavour.
Zahir ud-Din Muhammad was better known by his nickname, Babur, which means “leopard” or “tiger” in __________.
a. Turkish. b. Mongol. c. Persian. d. Urdu.
Which of the following offers the best explanation for the diversity of Native American cultures?
a) the different environments in which each group lived b) the different points of origin from which each group migrated c) the different experiences with domesticated animals d) the different responses to infectious diseases