World History Questions

Phoenicians competed with Minoans for control of trading over Mediterranean region. Minoans were the society lived for 500 years in 2000 - 1500 BC. Whereas Phoenicians were the civilization lived across mediterranean region.

From the history,

The Erie Canal was completed in 1800's

The signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and after that the American Revolution was started in the same 1776.

The Iroquios Confederacy was formed early when the Europeans first began comonizing, may be early in 1600's.

So, from the above data of history, Iroquois tribes formed the Iroquois Confederacy was the event that occured first among the options.

SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) was introduced in May 1972 by the University of Berkeley, California.

In Ancient Rome, the elected people i.e, leaders within the Concilium Plebis are called as Tribunes.

Martin Luther was who launched the protestant reformation in the 1500's.

The first history book was written by Herodotus around 5th century B.C.

Revolution in Russia is the International event that led to the red scare.

The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices.

The reason that the Interstate Commerce Act required that rates be published was to avoid secret rebates and similar deals. Until then, big shippers would demand rebates from railroads, which would in effect reduce their shipping costs without letting competitors know. This is anti-competitive.

Hence, the Act required that railroad rates be "reasonable and just," but did not empower the government to fix specific rates.