What is forest efficiency and how did it affect community populations? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: natural resources; knowledge and its accumulation; efficiency and sustainability
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the 12th century, Yoritomo of the Minamoto clan reformed the Japanese political system by establishing A) hereditary emperors. B) an elected leader. C) the Japanese empire. D) a class of warrior-statesmen. E) rule by shogun. ANSWER E
Date: September 9th, 2020
The spread of deadly diseases between Europe and the Americas followed which pattern? A) Spain to the Caribbean to Mexico to the Andes B) Mexico to the Andes to the Caribbean to Spain C) Spain to the Andes D) Spain to Mexico via the Andes ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
A major source of political information in the colonies came in the form of __________. a. official dispatches b. weekly journals c. pamphlets d. public debates e. daily newspapers ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
De Soto’s disastrous expedition into the North American interior was concentrated in the __________. A) Southwest B) St. Lawrence Valley C) South D) California coastal area ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The ideology of Patriotism grew in the years after the Stamp Act. Many writers and pamphleteers borrowed ideas from Englishman John Locke, who had argued that: a. independence was an alternative to drastic taxation, and colonists could refuse to pay unfair taxes b. government was mainly the duty of the upper classes, but others could […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What weakened the Inca civilization in the years before it was conquered by Francisco Pizarro? A) an earthquake B) famine C) a smallpox epidemic D) defeat by another rival empire ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which organization hired young men to clear land, plant trees, build bridges, and fish ponds? a. Tennessee Valley Authority b. National Recovery Administration c. Public Works Administration d. Works Progress Administration e. Civilian Conservation Corps ANSWER E
Date: September 9th, 2020
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
