Despite evidence of trade between Greece and the Scythian and Sarmatian states in western Eurasia, Greek writers depicted these regions as which of the following?
a. savage, uncivilized and warlike
b. alien, wild, and menacing
c. unreachable and mysterious
d. barren wastelands
b
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The main source of funding for the new United States in the war against Britain was
A. a tax on each of the colonies. B. loans from prominent citizens. C. the sale of public lands. D. printing paper money.
During the early decades of the twenty-first century, how did issues related to growing inequality in the United States, including immigration, education, poverty, and criminal justice, sharpen public debate about America's social and cultural future?
What will be an ideal response?
In Southeast Asia, imperialist governments
a. fostered intensive industrial development and were widely successful, as rural peasant percentages had dropped below fifty in Vietnam and Java by 1905. b. established mass educational systems to educate peasant children for citizenship and industrial work. c. practiced a policy of peaceful coexistence. d. often blended direct and indirect rule, with the latter used widely in rural areas such as Malaya. e. contracted with private Asian conglomerates to administer their colonies.
Which region had rocky soil, no staple export crop, and a shortage of good land?
A) the Deep South B) the Mid-Atlantic C) New England D) the Chesapeake