How did Buddhism spread so widely in Central Asia during the Classical Era?
What will be an ideal response?
Your answers should include religious, cultural, and political reasons why Buddhism spread so rapidly and so far. Consider the religious appeal of Buddhism, which promises peace and freedom from suffering; the cultural appeal of Buddhism, which promotes a less class-divisive society; and the political situation of Central Asia, with many small states and a few empires with diverse populations, and why they promoted Buddhism.
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What will be an ideal response?
How did the economic status of the United States change in the wake of World War I?
A) When the war began, the United States was a creditor nation. When the war ended, the United States was a debtor nation. B) When the war began, the United States was a debtor nation. When the war ended, the United States was a creditor nation. C) When the war began, the United States was an investor nation. When the war ended, the United States was a lender nation. D) When the war began, the United States was a lender nation. When the war ended, the United States was an investor nation. E) The economic status of the United States changed only minimally in the wake of World War I and was nearly the same at the beginning and end of the war.
In the 1830s, reacting to Nat Turner's rebellion and the growing abolitionist movement, southern slaveholders developed the argument that slavery was a positive good. Which of the following assertions was NOT part of their proslavery argument?
A. Slavery was a beneficial status for blacks, as they required white guardianship. B. Slavery's opponents could build no persuasive argument against it. C. Slavery was sanctioned by the Bible and history. D. Slavery was kinder to African Americans than the northern wage labor system was to northern whites.
Social Darwinists argued that
a. each human being was absolutely unique. b. much more should be done to help the poor. c. interracial marriage was essential to human progress. d. race was a human construct, not a biological reality. e. human societies were organisms that changed over time.