Like the Songhay Empire, the Byzantine Empire thrived because of its position ________
A) as the successor state to a great empire
B) as the center of conversion to a global religion
C) between two trading regions
D) as the home of a new religion
C
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The economy of New South Wales began with
a. the introduction of wheat varieties from Spain. b. cattle to graze on the grasslands. c. the fur trade using the native kangaroo. d. the introduction of merino sheep in 1805 by way of Spain and Kew Gardens. e. slave trade involving the Koori population of Aboriginal Australians.
The crusades influenced European expansion by
a. establishing permanent Christian control of the holy city of Jerusalem. b. demonstrating that the Arab nations of the East were weak and easily defeated. c. developing a colonial economic system based on the production of staple crops by slave labor. d. discouraging trade with Asian and African nations. e. providing slaves for the plantations in the Caribbean.
Strict sex and gender binaries are ______.
A. observed in all cultures across the world B. oversimplified categorical structures people impose on society C. reflections of the simple biological facts of sex D. necessary to maintain social order
As trade increased in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the Strait of Malacca became the center of a political rivalry between
a. Java and Ceylon. b. Siam and Tibet. c. India and Gujarat. d. the kingdom of Majapahit and Chinese pirates. e. Calcutta and Bombay.