The Mayan calendar was significant for
a. demonstrating an advanced understanding of astronomy
b. included a "long count" calendar based on 5,200 years cycles.
c. held the key to deciphering the hieroglyphic tablets found in Palenque.
d. measured time dating back to August of 3114 b.c.e.
e. all of these.
e
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What was the purpose of the 1904 Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?
A) It declared that the United States would act as an international police power in Latin America so that Europeans would not intervene. B) It was an important step in making the United States more isolated from the rest of the world. C) It announced that the United States would play an economic role in China. D) It specifically set up an economic plan where the United States would establish American banks in Latin America.
Why was there a steady increase in the number of strikes during the 1830s?
a. The courts ruled that strikes against employers were legal. b. More women were entering the workforce. c. Slaves were taking strikers' jobs. d. In large part, workers were reacting to increased mechanization.
Megasthenes was an ambassador to the Mauryan court at Pataliputra, sent by what ruler?
a. Ptolemy I. b. Alexander the Great. c. Cyrus II. d. Seleucus I. e. Han Wudi.
The cold war came closest to becoming a nuclear war during the
A) Cuban Missile Crisis. B) erection of the Berlin Wall. C) Prague Spring. D) Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. E) Hungarian Revolt.