Question 1
How was the Knights of Labor different from other nineteenth-century labor organizations?
A) It employed strikes to further its cause.
B) It fought for the eight-hour workday.
C) It called for the government to create bureaus of labor.
D) It was inclusive in its membership.
Question 2
Which of the following is the correct list of the major social groups that existed within Florence?
A. nobles and merchants, clergy, middle-burgher, and lower economic classes
B. nobles and merchants, new merchant class, clergy, and lower economic classes
C. kings and queens, new merchant class, clergy, and lower economic classes
D. nobles and merchants, new merchant class, middle-burgher, and lower economic classes
E. clergy, nobility, merchants, and serfs
Question 3
The system of housing developed by the Anasazi in the American Southwest differed from other housing systems constructed by early complex societies in the Americas because __________.
A) they had a sophisticated system of interconnected multi-roomed structures used for both
religious ceremonies and housing
B) their homes were built on top of large earthen mounds
C) their wooden and bark structures could easily be assembled and reassembled as they moved
when the seasons of the year changed
D) they lived on a series of islands connected by causeways and bridges
Question 4
Medieval Europe was a feudal society that had a(n) ________.
A. growing lay and secular control of thought and culture
B. agricultural economy and was dominated by the church
C. growing national consciousness and political centralization
D. urban economy based on organized commerce and capitalism
E. growing political centralization
Question 5
What did the creator of The Hearth-Stone of the Poor featured in Harper's Weekly most likely hope that viewers would notice about the wealthy couple in this illustration?
A) their stylish clothing
B) their indifference
C) their care for their own children
D) their proud bearing