Many new technologies and most of Europe’s trade with Asia in the late Middle Ages came to Europe through __________. A) Italian trading cities such as Venice and Genoa B) long distance sea voyages by English merchants C) African middlemen D) Chinese merchants sailing across the Indian Ocean ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The SALT treaties involved __________. a. the American withdrawal from Vietnam b. reduction of U.S. and Soviet offensive ballistic missiles c. removal of Soviet nuclear weapons from Cuba d. preventing outright war in the Middle East e. the collapse of the former Soviet Union ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Spanish monopoly of the New World was broken with __________. A) Vasco da Gama’s voyages B) the French successfully seizing Louisiana in 1564 C) the French defeat of the Spanish at St. Augustine in 1607 D) the English defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was designed to __________. a. bring modernization and jobs to desolate areas of the rural upper South b. help support continued control of electrical power by private companies c. alienate troublesome conservationists in the president’s administration d. test the authority of the Supreme Court e. win votes in a largely […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was life like for the majority of medieval Europeans? A) Life was harsh and most people were poor. B) Most people lived a comfortable, if not luxurious, life. C) Europeans enjoyed the fruits of the most dynamic economy in the world. D) Life was difficult, but it was easy to move up the social […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
All of the following constitute Oceania EXCEPT A) New Zealand. B) New Guinea. C) Polynesia. D) Australia. E) Taiwan. ANSWER E
Date: September 9th, 2020
What role did Italian cities play in the medieval economy? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: commerce: Mediterranean trade; the Crusades; contact with the Middle East and Asia
Date: September 9th, 2020
During the Hundred Days, Roosevelt __________. a. proposed government ownership of major industries b. closed all the banks c. developed a welfare system to aid the aged, disabled, and unemployed d. attempted to pack the Supreme Court with judges sympathetic to his program e. canceled a session of Congress to give himself more time to […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In contrast to the Chesapeake, New England’s settlers __________. A) had better relationships with the Indians B) imported indentured servants who later became freemen C) were mainly family groups D) developed self-government ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Soviet Union pointed to American race relations as an indication of American __________. A) socialism B) prosperity C) depravity D) hypocrisy ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
