All of the following are correct about Iraq except
a. the region had been under Ottoman rule since the seventeenth century.
b. after World War I, the British governed Iraq under a League of Nations "mandate."
c. the British ruled through the minority urban Shi-ite population.
d. a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad became king in 1921.
e. oil was discovered near Kirkuk in 1927.
c
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By the middle of the second century B.C.E., the Roman government was in the hands of
A) a wealthy, self-seeking Senate. B) the duly elected Concilium Plebis. C) a dictator. D) popular urban demagogues. E) the Roman army.
All of the following statements about the Pennsylvania State House are true EXCEPT that
A) it revealed the influence of the monarchy. B) it reflected a respect for English architectural styles. C) it demonstrated the growing power of a colonial elite. D) it displayed the wealth of Pennsylvania. E) it represented the strength of the colonial assembly.
According to the text, by 1880, "sporting the ‘wrong' type of ornament on one's hat in the streets of Philadelphia could easily trigger a riot." What does this example reveal about citizens of the United States in its early years?
A) their frivolity B) their fervent partisanship C) their intense interest in fashion D) their extreme violence E) their rigid Puritanism
The 1959 discussion between Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev and Vice President Richard Nixon, in which they debated the relative merits of capitalism and communism, was known as the _____
A) Checkers speech B) Kitchen Debate C) Melting Pot D) Great Debate E) Scopes Trial