Magellan's voyage of 1519-1522
A) convinced many skeptical Europeans that the world was round.
B) provided an important alternative route for European trade with the East.
C) resulted in Spanish acquisition of the Philippines.
D) led to war between Spain and Portugal.
C
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a. it borrowed a great deal of money at low interest rates from foreign nations b. it printed over $1.5 billion in Confederate paper money c. in 1863 it began taking one-tenth of major crops produced by each farmer d. it authorized impressments of slaves for government work
The relationship of Nazism to Christianity included which of the following features?
a. the reluctant acknowledgement of Jesus as a Jew b. the absence of censorship of religious writings c. the arrest of some clerical critics of the regime d. a united stand among German churches against Nazism e. the expansion of the coverage of Christianity in the school curriculum
Which of the following is true of urban housing conditions in the late nineteenth century? a. Because of the construction of model tenements in most American cities, even the poor had clean,affordable housing
b. Because population growth outpaced housing supplies in many large cities, low-income families oftenexperienced extreme overcrowding. c. Legislation establishing a national housing code made inhumane living conditions a thing of the past. d. In many cities, urban renewal projects funded by the federal government displaced the poor to cardboardshanties.
The chapter introduction tells the story of San Diego's Horton Plaza to make the point that
A. malls like Horton Plaza caused the decline of downtown business districts. B. malls, as centers of consumer culture, symbolized the private quest for personal fulfillment typical of the 1980s. C. religious activists began to relocate Sunday services from traditional churches to the new retail malls. D. Ronald Reagan's successful presidential campaign focused on California-style shopping malls.