The phrase Iron Curtain was coined by Winston Churchill in reference to the
A) geographic barrier between the Soviet Union and the rest of the world.
B) growing division in Europe between Western democracy and Soviet communism.
C) growing power and sphere of influence of the Soviet Union.
D) territories that adopted communism versus the rest of the known world.
E) military blockade preventing westerners from entering East Berlin.
E
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A) instituted the Zollverein, the German customs union that drove industrial development. B) followed a rigid plan for national unification at all costs. C) was a liberal from lower class origins who used politics to achieve his reform goals. D) practiced Realpolitik in conducting domestic and foreign policy. E) relied upon the diplomatic and military support of the Habsburgs in the Austro-Prussian War.
The Bargain of 1877:
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Muhammad came to refer to himself as the "seal of the prophets."
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
For the English, the acquisition of Bombay (Mumbai) from the _________ in the 1660s gave the British East India Company a superb harbor.
a. Mughals. b. Portuguese. c. French. d. Chinese.