- The growing demand for cotton cloth in the 18th century threatened Britisha. naval strength because of the dramatically rising cost of sails.b. educational dominance.c. monopoly over the Chinese silk trade.d. wool producers.e. trade with the Americas.
- women's participation in the war effort contributed greatly to the fact that they
- What colony was founded as a colony where Catholics could worship freely
- By 1900, half the world's oil was produced bya. Nigeria.b. Persia.c. the United States.d. Saudi Arabia.e. Russia.
- What documents influenced the development of representative government in the colonies?
- Henry Bessemer's innovations made it possible to produce cheapera. oil.b. iron.c. steel.d. cotton.e. wool.
- Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealanda. relied on a socialist mode.b. industrialized and eventually out-produced and out-competed the western Europeans.c. remained backward economically because they relied entirely on exporting primary goods.d. exported primary goods but also underwent economic development and industrialization.e. never industrialized.
- What is the way that we discover our shadows while we are on spiritual journeys?
- the movement of tens of thousands of Southern blacks north during World War I resulted in
- Beginning in the 19th century, industrializing lands experienced a social change known as the demographic transition whena. the fertility rate increased dramatically.b. the rural population increased dramatically.c. the fertility rate began a marked decline.d. 60 percent of the people were 55 years old and older.e. the majority of the population was college educated.
- Within our denial of death lurks fear of another sort. What is it?
- most wartime mobilization agencies primarily relied on ______ to prepare the economy for war
- James Watt's steam engine did not adapt well to transportation uses becausea. it consumed too much coal.b. the heat, combined with the vibrations of movement, caused instability in the structural integrity.c. it weighed too much to be supported by rubber tires.d. it used too much gasoline to be cost efficient.e. the engine grew too hot and often exploded.
- The industrial revolution began ina. Italy.b. Great Britain.c. Russia.d. the United States.e. France.
- the united states used all of the following methods to support the war effort except
- Cheaper iron was produced after 1709 when British smelters began to use what substance as a fuel?a. cokeb. charcoalc. gasolined. kerosenee. wood
- Crucial to industrialization wasa. the leadership role taken by the Luddites.b. the leading role that Russia provided in technology.c. the replacement of human and animal power with inanimate sources of energy such as steam.d. the willing support of the major industrial unions.e. the peasants' planned and willing relocation to the cities.
- Is love selfish, unselfish, or both?
- Marx suggested that music, art, and literaturea. represented the peasants and were, thus, useless.b. were the "opiate of the masses."c. served the purposes of the capitalists because they diverted the workers from their misery.d. were the only aspects of the modern world that had not been contaminated by the capitalists.e. should be used by the communists to facilitate the revolution.
- Can we "love" any species aside from humans?