(05.01 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”We have not…
(05.01 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”We have not sought to extend our territorial possessions by conquest, or our republican institutions over a reluctant people. It was the deliberate homage of each people to the great principle of our federative union. If we consider the extent of territory involved in the annexation, its prospective influence on America, the means by which it has been accomplished, springing purely from the choice of the people themselves to share the blessings of our union, the history of the world may be challenged to furnish a parallel…We may rejoice that the tranquil and pervading influence of the American principle of self-government was sufficient to defeat the purposes of British and French interference…From this example European Governments may learn how vain diplomatic arts and intrigues must ever prove upon this continent against that system of self-government which seems natural to our soil, and which will ever resist foreign interference.”Source: James Polk, from the State of the Union Address, December 2, 1845The ideas expressed in Polk’s State of the Union Address most directly support the growing sense of
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(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 SongThe song excerpt reflects the concept of syncretism by showing that
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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,” 2010Which of the following best characterizes the process described in the second paragraph?
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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,” 2010Which of the following best reflects the author’s argument in the second paragraph?
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