Answer: 1492
Explanation: The Christian Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon conquer the Emirate of Granada, ending nearly 800 years of Muslim rule in the south and founding modern Spain as a united state.
Historical context is an important part of life and literature and without it, memories, stories and characters have less meaning. OK, but what exactly is historical context? It's essentially the details that surround an occurrence. In more technical terms, historical context refers to the social, religious, economic, and political conditions that existed during a certain time and place. Basically, it's all the details of the time and place in which a situation occurs, and those details are what enable us to interpret and analyze works or events of the past, or even the future, rather than merely judge them by contemporary standards.
In literature, a strong understanding of the historical context behind a work's creation can give us a better understanding of and appreciation for the narrative. In analyzing historical events, context can help us understand what motivates people to behave as they did.
Put another way, context is what gives meaning to the details. It's important, however, that you don't confuse context with cause. "Cause" is the action that creates an outcome; "context" is the environment in which that action and outcome occurs.
2. The correct answer is C. "East Berliners could no longer visit West Berliners."
The Berlin Wall split up Berlin into two distinct parts with two very different societies. East Berlin became controlled by the Soviet Union while West Berlin was controlled by the US and other members of the allied forces from World War II. Citizens were not allowed to access the other side. This split up families, caused people to lose their jobs, and resulted in violence/death (as many tried to escape to West Berlin but were killed by armed guards).
3. The correct answer is B. "He did not want to lose the support of Southern Democrats."
Kennedy feared that losing this huge block of voters would make it more difficult to pass laws in Congress and would make re-election efforts much more difficult as well.
4. The answer is B. "sex."
Kennedy signed this law into place in 1963 as part of his "New Frontier" policy. This was aimed at closing the gap between the wages of men and women in the United States.
I believe the answer is: Euclid and Pythagoras.
Euclid alexandria was a famous mathematicians who is regarded as the father of Geometry and phytagoras was known for developing the phytagoras formula to measures sides of triangles. Their accomplishments were really crucial because it is still used to calculate correct measurement in modern day architecture and engineering.
Increase taxes. Even though Bush famously promised the American people during his campaign for president that there would be "no new taxes," Bush came to the conclusion that some new and increased taxes were the best thing for the country. There was no other viable way to generate enough money.
