Which statement is a correct comparison of Spanish and French colonial communities? A) Both developed frontiers of exclusion. B) The Spanish were more tolerant of native culture and customs. C) The French were more tolerant of native culture and customs. D) Spain, unlike France, was Protestant. ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following is the international oil organization that was most responsible for raising petroleum prices in the 1970s? a. ACT UP b. OPEC c. SALT d. SDI e. ERA ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
By the eighteenth century, North America’s most important colonial port was __________. A) New York City B) Boston C) Charleston D) Philadelphia ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
All of the following relate to the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in the 16th century EXCEPT A) they reached the New World by crossing the Bering land bridge. B) they were indigenous natives who inhabited the New World. C) they walked or boated down the Pacific coast. D) they […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Virginia and Maryland were similar in that both came to rely on __________ cultivation. A) tobacco B) rice C) sugar D) wheat ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the most encouraging economic development for women in the late twentieth century? a. Women’s wages largely closed the gap with men’s wages. b. Women made great progress in entering male-dominated professions. c. The number of female business owners increased greatly. d. The number of women serving on corporate boards grew rapidly. e. The […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Compare the effects of the Spanish and French frontier of inclusion with the British frontier of exclusion. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: frontiers of exclusion; frontiers of inclusion; commerce and trade; labor; religious conversion; war; population expansion
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following resulted from the weakening of the Seleucid Empire? A) A new Hellenistic state took its place. B) Independent kingdoms developed. C) Greek influence in the region ceased. D) Increased peace and prosperity resulted. E) A strong empire in southern Russia replaced the Seleucid Empire. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
North of the Chesapeake, slaves were used in all but which of the following? A) cattle raising B) commercial farming C) iron making D) dairy operations ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Geography helped to shape the events of Roman history in all of the following ways EXCEPT A) Italy occupies a commanding position in the Aegean Sea. B) the mountains did not form a barrier to political development as in Greece. C) Italy possesses useful harbors. D) the Italian peninsula faces west. E) Rome occupies a […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
