What is the main reason that the desire to preserve the Amazon rainforest and the desire to create more agricultural jobs have led to conflict?
A.
Builders want to cut down the rainforest to create land to construct houses.
B.
Ranchers want to cut down the rainforest to create grazing land for cattle.
C.
Farmers want to cut down the rainforest to create land to plant fruit trees.
D.
Manufacturers want to cut down the rainforest to create land for factories.
B. Ranchers want to cut down the rainforest to create grazing land for cattle.
The first inhabitants of Australia were the Aborigines. The first Europeans didn't settle in Australia until the eighteenth century. Which statement is true of the first Europeans of Australia?
A.
They were looking for natural resources such as gold and silver.
B.
They were searching for religious freedom.
C.
They were criminals sent to serve out sentences.
D.
They were prisoners of war sent by the English.
C. They were criminals sent to serve out sentences.
Christianity was an offshoot of Judaism, and early Christians were persecuted by the Roman Empire. In 312 C.E., the Roman Emperor Constantine claimed to have seen a cross in the sky before fighting a battle. He was told that the symbol would bring victory to his army. According to the story, Constantine put the symbol on his soldiers' shields, and this helped him win the battle. The Roman restrictions against Christians were lifted the next year in the Edict of Milan. Christianity became more popular, and in 380 C.E. it was made the state religion in the Roman Empire.
Based on the passage, how did the Roman government influence the expansion of Christianity in the Roman Empire?
A.
by preventing discrimination against early Christians
B.
by outlawing Judaism throughout the early Empire
C.
by encouraging Roman soldiers to fight religious wars
D.
by making Christianity the official religion in the Empire