After the voyages of Columbus, Spanish leaders were ambitious for further exploration. The explorer whose expedition finally circumnavigated the globe was:
a. Vasco de Balboa
b. Vasco da Gama
c. Hernando Cortes
d. Ferdinand Magellan
D
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The key to the economic prosperity of the Muslim world after the seventh century collapse of the Sasanid state was
A) banking. B) new technologies. C) diverse agricultural production. D) trade to and from all over the known world. E) the manufacture of olive oil.
Germany's Grand Offensive which began on March 21, 1918 was planned to
a. take advantage of the Russian surrender. b. take advantage of the low morale of the French soldiers. c. bring aid to Germany's allies. d. win the war before Americans appeared on the front. e. renew support for a failing public support for the war.
Estancieros embraced the Saenz-Peña law because they hoped it would
A) expand the electoral appeal of Radicals. B) attract new urban political allies by requiring universal male suffrage and a secret ballot. C) restrict immigration and increase their political power. D) expand immigration, increase the rural labor supply, reduce wages, and increase profits.
Prior to the late nineteenth century, few Americans placed much value in leisure
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.