(01.03 HC)Read the excerpt to answer the question below.”The…
(01.03 HC)Read the excerpt to answer the question below.”The kindness of the seventh day,Never to leave the king,The worshiper of the father,The worshiper of the god,The worshiper of the savior,The father savior;Without a hearth,We ourselves make ourselves Children of Obatala*.”*In Yoruba traditional religions, the god Obatala created Earth and human beings.Source: Traditional African-Brazilian Folk SongHow is a combining of cultures reflected in the song excerpt?
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(01.01 MC)Use the following excerpt to answer the question below.”[I]t introduced previously unknown species to the Old World. Many of these species…resulted in caloric and nutritional improvements over previously existing staples. Other crops such as tomatoes, cacao, and chili peppers…complemented existing foods by increasing vitamin intake and improving taste.[T]he discovery of the Americas provided the Old World with vast quantities of relatively unpopulated land well-suited for the cultivation of certain crops that were in high demand in Old World markets. Crops such as sugar, coffee, soybeans, oranges, and bananas were all introduced to the New World, and the Americas quickly became the main suppliers of these crops globally.”Source: Nathan Nunn and Nancy Qian, economists, “The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food, and Ideas,” 2010The first paragraph of the excerpt best illustrates which of the following developments in the 16th century?
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(01.02 MC)Use the following excerpts to answer the question below.”Probably never before, or since, has a mighty emperor…ordered his conquests to cease until it was decided if they were just.”Source: Lewis Hanke, Colonial Latin America historian”By any standards, the debate is one of the most extraordinary events in Western political history: A country engaged in conquest is accused of doing so unjustly.”Source: Robert McAfee Brown, religion and ethics scholarWhich of the following is a true statement about these two quotes?
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(04.01 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Distinctions in society will always exist under every just government. Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth cannot be produced by human institutions. In the full enjoyment of the gifts of Heaven and the fruits of superior industry, economy, and virtue, every man is equally entitled to protection by law; but when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society—the farmers, mechanics, and laborers—who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their Government.”Source: Andrew Jackson, from Veto of the Bank Bill, 1832Jackson’s assertion in his veto message was that the Second Bank of the United States was
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(04.03 MC)Question refers to the table below. Year Estimated Number of Migrants to the U.S. 1820 10,000 1825 15,000 1830 22,000 1835 40,000 1840 80,000 1845 80,000 1850 360,000 In which of the following regions would the migrants represented in the table typically have settled?
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