Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the presidency of George Herbert Walker Bush. What were his major accomplishments and shortcomings? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Strengths/Accomplishments: experienced in government; raised minimum wage; strengthened air pollution laws; child care legislation; prohibited job discrimination against the disabled, nutrition labeling on processed foods; expanded immigration […]
What was a distinguishing characteristic of the Inca Empire among other early American Indian empires of the Americas? A) The Inca Empire was the smallest American Indian empire of the Americas. B) The Inca Empire engaged in animal sacrifice. C) The Inca Empire was relatively new when the Europeans encountered it in the 1400s. D) […]
At the turn-of-the-century, college football was all of the following EXCEPT A) generally unpopular. B) financially corrupt. C) brutally violent. D) blatantly commercial. ANSWER A
What difficulty limited what is now modern Italy in engaging in external overseas exploration during the 1400s? A) Italy lacked competent sailors in its Italian city-states, principalities, and kingdoms. B) Italy was bitterly divided into many competing, independent free cities, principalities, and small kingdoms that were often at war with each other. C) The Italian […]
Delegates to the Stamp Act Congress essentially agreed with the Virginia Resolutions that A) American assemblies held final authority over legislative matters in America. B) Parliament held absolute sovereignty within the British empire. C) Parliamentary taxation violated colonists’ rights and liberties. D) colonists were bound to obey only the laws passed by their own assemblies. […]
In the 1400s, European and African slave traders initiated a form of slavery that was a more horrific and dehumanizing form of slavery than previously committed within the economic systems of West Africa. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Which of the following is incorrectly matched with its colony? a. France – Canada b. Portugal – Brazil c. Spain – Puerto Rico d. England – Cuba e. Spain – Mexico ANSWER D
The Protestant Reformation A) began with Martin Luther’s efforts starting in 1517 to reform the Catholic Church’s practices in the early 1500s. B) was unconnected to advances in the technology of printing and the printing press during the mid to late 15th century. C) was fueled by the dissenting religious ideas of the Society of […]
Like the Sugar Act, the Townshend duties imposed a tax on A) personal income. B) imported goods. C) printed documents. D) real estate. ANSWER B
One of the key purposes of Giovanni da Verrazano’s 1524 expedition was to establish a permanent French settlement in North America. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
