Author Question: Europeans were able to expand their exploration and command of the oceans due to the a. shift ... (Read 21 times)

evelyn o bentley · **on:** Sep 13, 2019

Question 1

A development during the period of Julio-Claudian rule was that emperors

a. increased the responsibilities that Augustus had given the senate.
b. acted more openly as real rulers than as first citizens of the state.
c. had fewer opportunities to act in an arbitrary and corrupt way.
d. lost power to the revitalized senate and assemblies.
e. sincerely attempted to restore the Republic

Question 2

Europeans were able to expand their exploration and command of the oceans due to the

a. shift away from traditional portolani.
b. rejection of the Chinese sternpost rudder.
c. combination of lateen sails with square rigging and the ability to build ever larger and more mobile ships.
d. construction of gigantic ships.
e. cheaper cost of sailing.