The assumption among ordinary people that wealth, education, and social prominence entitled leaders to public office was called:

A) liberalism.
B) Lockeanism.
C) Deism.
D) deference.
E) suffrage.


Answer: D) deference

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Roman jurists were able to provide a systematic framework for Roman law because

a. they came to assume that natural law, or universal law, was based upon reason. b. the Twelve Tables provided an enduring basis for legislation. c. the legal interpretation of the praetors maintained legal order. d. of the universality of the law of nations. e. of the influence of Plato and Aristotle.

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According to the article, a new stage not previously identified was conceptualized and called a ______, where donations, political action, and civil action are promoted and enforced via cyberspace.

A. “demand for change” B. “call for action” C. “shift toward movement” D. none of these

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By 1933, the Nazi storm troopers had __________.

A. almost one million members B. ceased to be an important political force C. been absorbed by the Gestapo D. lost favor with most Nazi officials

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A major power NOT involved in the Thirty Years? War was

A) the German states. B) France. C) England. D) Austria. E) Sweden.

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