What mathematical knowledge from the ancients allowed Johannes Kepler to develop the first of his Three Laws of Planetary Motion?

a) parabolas and ellipses from conic sections
b) sine and cosine curves on a Cartesian plane
Consider This: Kepler lived before calculus was developed. See 3.2.2: Learning the Language.
c) the use of 0 and 1 in Boolean algebra to discover the truth
Consider This: Kepler lived before calculus was developed. See 3.2.2: Learning the Language.
d) the use of derivatives as a way to calculate time in space
Consider This: Kepler lived before calculus was developed. See 3.2.2: Learning the Language.


a) parabolas and ellipses from conic sections

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Which of the following Jewish sects demanded that the Jews neither pay taxes to Rome nor acknowledge the Roman emperor?

a. Sadducees b. Pharisees c. Zealots d. Essenes e. Rabbis

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When the Bush administration launched an attack on Iraq, the United Nations and most major powers refused to back the war effort

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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What social, political and economic factors in Japanese society helped it to Westernize and modernize more rapidly and more successfully than China?

What will be an ideal response?

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What was the essential political change for Louis XVIII when he was restored to his brother’s throne?

a) He agreed to rule as a constitutional rather than absolutist monarch. b) He agreed to rule as a citizen king and not as a monarch at all. Consider This: Of the Great Powers, which were still absolute monarchs? See 8.2: The New Nationalism. c) He agreed to be a figurehead and stay out of politics entirely. Consider This: Of the Great Powers, which were still absolute monarchs? See 8.2: The New Nationalism. d) He was restored as an absolute monarch, with the understanding that he would call his Estates General regularly. Consider This: Of the Great Powers, which were still absolute monarchs? See 8.2: The New Nationalism.

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