What was the main emphasis of secularism?
A) It emphasized a spiritual renewal through education.
B) Secularism taught how to overcome original sin.
C) It was about the universal values of poverty and self-denial.
D) More attention was paid to worldly affairs and less attention to the eternal.
E) Secularism pushed a need to prepare for the afterlife.
D
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All of the following is true of grieving parents during the Middle Ages except:
A. high infant and child mortality rates discouraged parents from viewing children as precious or cherished. B. dead children were sometimes carried by parents to pilgrim shrines. C. parental mental illness and suicide were sometimes brought on by the death of a child. D. medieval parents were found grieving as pitiably as modern parents do. E. mothers were found baptizing dead infants and children.
How did economic factors affect the changing position of the United States from 1916 to 1917?
A) The United States was greatly weakened financially by World War I and saw entering the war as an economic necessity. B) The United States grew rich from its neutrality during World War I and saw joining the war as a way of increasing wealth. C) U-boat attacks increased commerce for the United States by eliminating the competition, so continued neutrality benefited the nation’s economy. D) U-boat attacks prevented the United States from trading freely with Europe and required U.S. involvement. E) U-boat attacks cost the German government millions of dollars, making them even more eager to draw the United States into the war.
By the end of 1862, Union forces
A. All these answers are correct. B. had driven Confederate forces out of Kentucky. C. had closed the mouth of the Mississippi to Confederate trade. D. had made considerable progress in the West. E. were having little success in the East.
Which of the following best describes the spread of Christianity in South Asia?
A. The Guptas persecuted Christians and forced them to practice their religion in secret. B. Christianity never spread to South Asia. C. Converts to Christianity in South Asia integrated many of their Christian beliefs with Indian cultural and religious practices. D. The Roman church played an important role in bringing Christianity to India.