The Seljuk Turks were initially incorporated into the Abbasid caliphate as
a. mercenary soldiers
b. buffer zone against the Xiongnu Confederation.
c. traders from China and the Steppes.
d. Sikhist adversaries.
e. converted Christians who did not want to pay the religious tax.
a
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Philip II of Macedonia conquered Greece and then formed a coalition called the
a. League of Sparta. b. Delian League. c. League of Corinth. d. Peloponnesian League. e. Julian League.
What statement regarding slavery in English North America in 1700 is FALSE?
A. There were about 25,000 slaves in the colonies. B. There were twice as many black men as black women. C. Blacks outnumbered whites in some areas. D. The demand for slaves led to a steady rise in the prices paid for them. E. Blacks were heavily concentrated in a few southern colonies.
Why did nativism grow in the 1920s?
A) There was a great deal of postwar resentment toward Europeans. B) Americans tended to favor immigration from “native” Latin America. C) Most European immigrants were socialists or communists. D) Influential Americans feared the purity of the race was threatened. E) Many Americans had a racist bias against Europeans.