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Which of the following describes a similarity between the Islamic Empire and China’s Tang dynasty during the postclassical era? A. Both engaged in widespread persecution of ethnic and religious minorities. B. Both experienced periods of economic depression following the fall of powerful leaders. C. Both isolated themselves from the rest of the world to protect their own cultures. D. Both spread their cultures internationally by establishing valuable trade routes.

Mrs. Geist is working with her class to find out why some people live longer than others. Which assignment would best exemplify popular thinking after the Scientific Revolution?

1. McCarthyism attacked government, science, education, theater, and Hollywood. What does this pattern reveal about the nature of American anxiety in the 1950s? 2. Two-thirds of the world’s peoples gained their independence between 1945 and 1961. How did the cold war affect this movement toward nationhood? 3. In the 1950s and 1960s, historians debated the question of who started the cold war. In the 1990s, it became more interesting to ask when it started. Why the change, and what questions might today’s historians ask? TIme period: 1945-52

In the early-19th century, South Carolina protested what it believed to be a violation of its rights by A) declaring war on the United States. B) plotting to impeach Andrew Jackson. C) threatening to secede from the Union. D) legalizing slavery throughout the state.

What was President Wilson’s approach towards the defeated Central Powers after World War I? He punished them so they wouldn’t start another war. He called for Germany to keep its foreign colonies. He pursued a policy of rehabilitation and reconciliation. He called for Allied troops to occupy Germany permanently.