What contributed most significantly to the growth of humanist culture in the Renaissance?
A. The waning power of the church
B. The decline of the Byzantine Empire
C. The invention of the printing press
D. The growth of private tutorials for secular education
E. The patronage by wealthy Florentine families of the artists and writers surrounding them
Answer: C
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A. The United States can defeat anti-American radicals by using American forces to quell unrest and lawlessness in Third World countries. B. All that is needed to defeat anti-American revolutionaries in Third World countries is to provide the people of those countries with food and medical supplies. C. By training native troops and police forces in pro-American Third World countries, the administration will be able to defeat anti-American revolutionaries in those countries. D. American economic advisors can help build stable economies in Third World nations and destroy the root cause of rebellion and revolution.
The founders of the Mughal Empire came from
a. the lush tropical forests of southern India. b. the foothills of the Urals in modern-day Russia. c. the mountainous region north of the Ganges River Valley. d. the islands groups near Sri Lanka. e. the Arab Middle East.
Toussaint Louverture led the struggle for __________ independence
A) Cuban B) Haitian C) Columbian D) Panamanian
In 1900, the emergence of research laboratories in American corporations
A. centralized the sources of research funding. B. was deemed unnecessary, since so many American university laboratories existed. C. developed similar research goals as in Europe. D. occurred as federal funding for research greatly expanded. E. led to more diversification in corporate research.