The First Punic War began because
a. Carthage appeared to be economically weak and susceptible to Roman power.
b. Rome was concerned that Carthage would take Messana and interfere with Roman trade.
c. Hannibal led troops into Spain.
d. both Rome and Carthage were interfering in Greece.
e. Carthage expanded to Spain.
b
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A. Africa B. Western Europe C. Latin America D. Middle East and Asia E. the Russian steppe
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A) the Xhosa B) the Ashanti C) Berber Arabs D) African middlemen
The modern name for the region of Mesopotamia is
a. Iraq and eastern Syria. b. Egypt and Sudan. c. Arabia. d. Iran. e. Yemen and Oman.
After the war, industrial workers had to battle against declining wages and diminished union influence due to the economic downturn and the fact that
A. the government had ceased its role in enforcing corporate-labor cooperation and price control. B. immigration had increased, thereby flooding cities with cheap labor. C. unions were unable to mobilize for strikes as they had in the past. D. the AFL has softened its position on the 8-hour day and 40-hour week.