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Which of the following is an example of due process?

A
jailing persons without informing them of the charge
B
following the law to charge someone with a crime
C
passing taxes without representation
D
trying someone in court without a jury
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An important philosophical idea during the Enlightenment was that

A
the wealthy should give all of their money to the working poor.
B
monarchs should be granted a “divine right” to rule over their people.
C
the Catholic Church should exercise absolute rule over Europe.
D
ordinary people should be able to pursue greater opportunities.
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What did John Winthrop do in the Americas?

A
founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony
B
founded Jamestown
C
founded New France
D
founded Delaware
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Based on courtly love songs and heroic legends, which attribute was most important for a knight?

A
loyalty
B
courage
C
courtesy
D
truthfulness
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The feudal system probably would not have developed if the Roman Empire continued. Why?

A
Europe would not have been considered worthy of attack by invaders.
B
The emperor would have kept peace, so there would have been no threat of invasion.
C
A strong military would have been in place to protect people from invaders.
D
The emperor did not believe the feudal system could protect people from danger.
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What happened to religion in West Africa when Islam was first introduced?

A
West Africans remained faithful to their original religions.
B
Islam quickly became the leading religion of the region.
C
Islam functioned alongside the existing religions of the region.
D
West Africans were resistant to Islam’s new ideas and ignored the religion.
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Why, after having dissolved Parliament, did Charles I call it back into session?

A
to punish its leaders
B
to get it to raise funds to crush a rebellion
C
to have it name Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector
D
to force it to sign the Petition of Right
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During the Hundred Years’ War, monarchies fought over a throne and

A
labor shortages.
B
control of peasants.
C
food shortages.
D
control of territory.
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Passage of the Habeas Corpus Act (1679) meant that people could no longer be

A
held without trial.
B
arrested.
C
asked to serve in the army.
D
baptized in churches.
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Which statement most accurately answers why the Europeans in the Caribbean felt the need to bring in enslaved Africans as laborers?

A
Europeans grew crops like coffee and sugar that could yield a high profit, but required many laborers.
B
The Europeans’ labor-intensive crops required laborers that already understood how to work with coffee and sugar.
C
Disease had decimated the Indigenous population, and the Caribbean plantations required more workers to perform hard labor.
D
Disease had physically weakened the Indigenous workers, and the Caribbean plantations required stronger laborers.
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Which one of the Five Pillars of Islam refers to giving to the poor and needy?

A
alms
B
prayer
C
faith
D
pilgrimage
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Read the quotation written by Martin Luther in 1517.Those who believe that they can be certain of their salvation because they have indulgence letters will be eternally damned, together with their teachers.This quotation was part of which document?

A
the Book of Common Prayer
B
the Edict of Worms
C
the Institute of the Christian Religion
D
the Ninety-Five Theses
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Which best describes the role of Constantinople in the Byzantine Empire?

A
Constantinople was a main trading center.
B
Constantinople was a secondary trading center.
C
Constantinople was a Greek trading center.
D
Constantinople was a Roman trading center.
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Why was Maximilien de Robespierre executed?

A
He wanted to retain the French nobility.
B
He didn’t believe in democratic reform.
C
He eventually became a tyrant.
D
He was found guilty of treason.
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Following the Enlightenment, many Europeans began to

A
support the ideas of “divine right” and absolute rule.
B
believe people could improve their government.
C
worry that monarchs would always be in power.
D
fear that all government would be abolished.
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Read the passage below from Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography:I was soon put down under the decks, and there I received such a salutation [greeting] in my nostrils as I had never experienced in my life: so that, with the loathsomeness [horribleness] of the stench and crying together, I became so sick and low that I was not able to eat. I now wished for the last friend, death, to relieve me; but soon, to my grief, two of the white men offered me eatables [food]; and on my refusing to eat, one of them held me fast by the hands, and laid me across I think the windlass [a part of the ship], and tied my feet, while the other flogged [beaten or whipped] me severely.What most accurately describes the narrator’s circumstance?

A
He is a passenger on the Middle Passage, a ship that carries enslaved people from West Africa to the Americas.
B
He is an enslaver who is hungry, sick, and has trouble breathing on a ship.
C
He is a person that enslavers had captured and then beaten when he became overcome with grief.
D
He is a one of many prisoners on the Middle Passage, a trade route from West Africa to Spain.
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Unlike her husband, a peasant woman worked

A
in her family’s home as well as in the field.
B
at least six days a week.
C
only after her children were grown.
D
from dawn until dusk.
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Which structure did the Aztecs and the Incas have in common?

A
a collection of city-states that fought for dominance
B
a coalition of city-states that developed trade alliances
C
a group of tribes that were unified under one religion
D
a social class system that was organized like a pyramid
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In Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes uses the story of a man who dresses as a knight to explore

A
military strength.
B
government corruption.
C
human nature.
D
human suffering.
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What impact did the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II have on England?

A
It strengthened England because Eleanor joined her lands in France with those of England’s.
B
It weakened England because Eleanor forced England to give up all its lands in France.
C
It strengthened England because Eleanor introduced the feudal system to England.
D
It weakened England because Eleanor insisted that the king of France rule over England as well.

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