After allowing Galileo to publish on Copernican theory, Pope Urban VIII put Galileo on trial because __________.
A. secular leaders saw Galileo as a threat
B. he believed Galileo betrayed him through an embarrassing depiction of the pope's beliefs
C. Galileo sympathized with Protestant religious figures
D. Galileo used the work of Islamic scholars
Answer: B
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The __________ ended the calm rule of Ionia by Greece, stirring the Ionian Rebellion.
A. Athenian victory at Marathon B. suicide of Cambyses C. death of the Persian king Cyrus the Great D. private troubles of the ambitious tyrant of Miletus, Aristagoras
Before the democratization of the 1820s and 1830s, states restricted the influence of the ordinary citizen in politics by all of the following methods except
A) restricting voting to members of a specific church B) requiring voters to be taxpayers C) selecting presidential electors in legislatures D) placing property requirements on voters
The feminine subculture for many middle-class women during this era focused on __________
A) establishing that women are morally superior to men B) establishing a sense of solidarity with other women C) gaining political equality with men D) gaining economic equality with men E) competition with other women to be most virtuous