Author Question: The Swedish Vikings tended to concentrate on conquests and trade in A) Spain. B) Russia. C) ... (Read 77 times)

aabwk4 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Which of the following was a source of tension within the Confederacy?

A) the Confederate government's claim on men and resources.
B) non-slaveholders who refused to cooperate with tax collectors and impressment officers.
C) the Confederate draft law that allowed men to hire substitutes in order to avoid the draft.
D) the Confederate draft law that exempted one white man per plantation that had twenty or more slaves.
E) All of these are correct.

Question 2

In Western Europe, the chief political repercussion of frequent Viking raids was

A) the strengthening of centralized royal authority.
B) an increase in the power of the church.
C) an increase in the power of local aristocrats to whom threatened populations turned for effective protection.
D) a decline in the power of local aristocrats whose inability to stop the raids drove ordinary people into royal cities.
E) an increase in monasticism.

Question 3

Which of the following is not true about the Confederate government?

A) Jefferson Davis asserted control over arms, supplies and troops.
B) The government continued to bolster the rights of the states.
C) It established a draft in 1862.
D) It passed a ten percent tax to be paid in farm products.
E) It impressed slaves to build fortifications.

Question 4

One of the most famous Vikings, who discovered Greenland, was

A) Leif Erikson.
B) Erik the Red.
C) Olaf the Bald.
D) Wilbur the Swede.
E) Ivar the Boneless.

Question 5

The Battle of Gettysburg was a major loss for Confederate General

A) Robert E. Lee.
B) Braxton Bragg.
C) Stonewall Jackson.
D) Joseph Johnston.
E) P. G. T. Beauregard.

Question 6

The Swedish Vikings tended to concentrate on conquests and trade in

A) Spain.
B) Russia.
C) Scotland.
D) France.
E) Ireland.