What changed in Japan during the reign of the Meiji government?
a. Government made investments in railroads, harbors, and telegraph lines, as well as new industries.
b. New economic developments in Japan helped to equalize society.
c. Pressure on farmers decreased because of new government taxes along with crop payments to the landlords.
d. Agricultural output decreased due to the importation of new seed types and improvements in agricultural education.
e. The Japanese left economic development to the principles of market economies.
a
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Before Islam developed in Africa,
A. most of the continent, aside from Egypt and Axum, did not have organized religions. B. most African societies already had well-developed systems of religious belief. C. the Ashanti worshiped a supreme god, Siva. D. all Africans were agnostics. E. Christianity had a strong presence in the far south of the continent.
What were some of the international laws put into effect in the seventeenth century?
A) The humane methods of warfare, which did not include poisoning wells and mutilating prisoners B) There is a difference between just and unjust wars. C) The rights of neutral states and civilians during times of war D) All of these E) None of these
The modern environmentalist movement can be traced back to the writings of:
A) Rachel Carson. B) Phyllis Schlafly. C) Tom Wolfe. D) Jerry Falwell.
The Visigoths in Spain
A) were able to unify and centralize the country. B) were Catholic in a population of Arians. C) offered the best hope of reunifying the West. D) never unified the country because of unstable dynastic succession and foreign attacks. E) created a law system that borrowed heavily from Roman law.