Ferdinand and Isabella were willing to fund the voyage of Christopher Columbus because
a. they were fascinated with the prospects of scientific discovery
b. they sought to expand their dominance in the Atlantic trade along the African Coast.
c. they had received explicit papal authorization to invade the New World
d. they were eager to break into the overseas trading dominated by the Arabs and the Portuguese.
D
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a. the distance that could be conveniently traveled by foot. b. municipal regulation. c. real estate values. d. Americans’ ingrained prejudice against cities. e. the location of factories.
Look at the picture of Teotihuacan on page 120. How populous and powerful was this city? Discuss the importance of the Pyramid of the Sun.
What will be an ideal response?
Who created a new idea of opera combining elements of speeches, arias, choruses, and accompaniments?
A) Giacomo Puccini B) Peter Tchaikovsky C) Igor Stravinsky D) Giuseppi Verdi E) Richard Wagner
Sigmund Freud
a. based his ideas on a firm belief in the immutable rationality of human personality. b. challenged the nineteenth century belief in progress with his stress on irrational and unconscious forces operating within a man life. c. advanced the ideas of the id, the wunderkind and the quanta to explain human behavior. d. was the leading European proponent of Social Darwinism. e. coauthored Die Volk with Houston Stewart Chamberlain.