The bow and arrow was first developed __________. A) in Mexico B) on the Great Plains C) in the Northeast D) in the desert basins of the Southwest ANSWER Answer: B
The major Zen sects stressed A) prayer. B) military prowess. C) meditation and riddles. D) an organized clergy. E) monastic life. ANSWER C
Chief Wingina saw the early Roanoke colonists as __________. A) potential allies to increase his power B) certain military enemies C) protectors of the Grand Banks from the Iroquois D) useful trading partners ANSWER Answer: A
Who benefited from the Housing Acts of 1949 and 1954? A) bankers and real estate developers B) the urban poor C) suburban families D) farmers and large landowners ANSWER A
The Reconquista was a struggle between Spanish Christians and __________. A) Spanish Muslims B) Spanish Jews C) English invaders D) Spanish Africans ANSWER Answer: A
Nixon’s plan to end the war in Vietnam included __________. a. a surge in the deployment of American troops b. training South Vietnamese forces to take over combat c. the end of air strikes and a focus on ground maneuvers d. increased military spending e. giving in to most demands by Hanoi ANSWER B
What do historians call the medieval European social system? A) feudalism B) socialism C) capitalism D) primitivism ANSWER Answer: A
As a young lawyer, what did Clarence Darrow believe? a. Aiding the poor would interfere with the evolutionary process. b. Capitalism must be overthrown. c. Without poverty, there would be no crime. d. Capital punishment is essential to the maintenance of civil order. e. A “single tax” on corporate profits would solve all social problems. […]
How did English economic and social conditions in the sixteenth century affect English expansion? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: inflation, enclosure; economic dislocation; wool trade
The leading figure at the Albany Congress, and designer of the Albany Plan, was __________. a. Thomas Jefferson b. George Washington c. William Pitt d. John Adams e. Benjamin Franklin ANSWER E