Question 1
The first humanists were ________.
A. orators and poets
B. politicians and their secretaries
C. farmers and blacksmiths
D. historians and musicians
E. clergy
Question 2
Cosimo de' Medici brought stability to which city after his rise to power in 1434?
A. Naples
B. Rome
C. Milan
D. Venice
E. Florence
Question 3
Defense factories on the West Coast, such as this aircraft factory in Burbank, California, camouflaged their facilities with painted tarps and cardboard houses because they __________.
A) were secretly developing plans for an atomic bomb
B) did not want the American public to know how much money was being spent on war
production
C) wanted to keep their products and locations secret from potential Soviet spies
D) feared a Japanese attack in this region
The Great Lakes— America’s “Fourth Coast”
Historian James Merrell notes several errors in Benjamin West’s famous 1771 painting, William Penn’s
A mother dies, a father loses his leg—such calamities shattered poor urban families. Orphaned street
A poster commemorates Doris “Dorie” Miller, a mess attendant aboard the USS West Virginia at ...
West facade, Cha1134–1220; south spire, ca. 1160; north spire 1507–13.
Sunflower Sea Star, California.