Discuss the circumstances facing the American Gulf Coast, in particular New Orleans, leading up to the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Explain the lack of preparedness at both state and federal levels in their response to the natural disaster along with the plights of survivors due to the consequences of inaction. Answer: […]
The fundamental difference between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan at the Constitutional Convention concerned the matter of A) granting the new national government the power to levy taxes and regulate trade. B) the future of slavery in the new nation. C) the power given to the presidency. D) how states and their […]
Traditionally, banks issued loans cautiously, demanding detailed documentation to account for one’s ability to pay back the loan. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Which of the following was a founder of the National American Woman Suffrage Association? a. Rheta Childe Dorr b. John H. Kellogg c. Susan B. Anthony d. Charlotte Gilman e. Rebecca Ablowitz ANSWER C
Woodland people developed complex earthworks __________. A) after they adopted agriculture B) before they adopted agriculture C) after coming into contact with the Aztecs D) after the arrival of Europeans ANSWER Answer: B
Richard Hakluyt believed that Virginia __________. A) represented a great opportunity for England B) was all but uninhabitable C) was home to an Indian empire as wealthy as that of the Aztecs D) would serve well as a depository for criminals and outcasts ANSWER A
Cultivation of maize began in __________. A) Asia B) Africa C) Mesoamerica D) Europe ANSWER Answer: C
During the Heian period, Japan A) eliminated Shint_ rituals. B) had religious wars often. C) experienced little conflict. D) expelled all Buddhists. E) had only peasants who followed Confucianism. ANSWER C
The Adena were __________. A) mound builders B) a desert people C) a largely urban culture D) strictly hunter-gatherers ANSWER Answer: A
Nixon’s program to improve relations with the Soviet Union was known as __________. a. containment b. détente c. perestroika d. démarche e. de-escalation ANSWER B
