Which of these claimed to be the Mahdi in Egypt in the 1880s?
A) Abdul Mecid I
B) Muhammad Ahmed
C) Sayyid Said
D) Shaka
B
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_____ werehighly disciplined soldiers who were captured as children by the Ottomans, mainly in the Christian Balkans, and whohad, as a result, no ties of loyalty to anyone but the Ottomanstate.
A. Arquebusiers B. Berserkers C. Janissaries D. Musketeers
Why did Pontiac's War occur?
A) The British stopped distributing food, ammunition and other gifts to the Indians, as the French had done, and colonists were moving onto Native American lands. B) The British had abandoned their western forts to the French, who were abusive toward the Native Americans there. C) The colonial government of Virginia had been pressuring Iroquois tribes to move west so that white settlement could expand. D) Some Indian tribes objected to the alliance that had been formed with the Spanish. E) African-American slaves in South Carolina began to fear the loss of status to Indian indentured servants.
Livia is one of the most famous Roman women because she
a. aided Livy in the writing of the History of Rome. b. was mother to the Gracchi brothers. c. was Augustus' dynamic and outspoken wife. d. ruled briefly during the third-century crisis. e. impelled her son Constantine to convert to Christianity.
Spanish authorities allowed Moses Austin to settle in Texas because
a. they believed that Austin and his settlers might be able to "civilize the territory," which was heavily populated by Indians. b. they believed that the militarily powerful Austin would otherwise have taken the land by force. c. he paid them a sizable sum of money. d. Spain planned to sell the land to the United States. e. None of these choices are correct.