What was Isabella d'Este's most notable accomplishment?
a. The splendor of the Mantuan court
b. The fame of her religious visions
c. The role she played in selecting papal candidates
d. The wealth and power she brought to her people
e. The willingness to die for her beliefs
a
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Which of the following statements about the U.S. highway system in the nineteenth century is true?
A) For military purposes, the U.S. government began the task of creating an integrated system of roads across the country. B) The U.S. government concentrated on building roads in mountainous areas and left the rest to privateers. C) The U.S. government had no comprehensive highway program in the nineteenth century. D) The construction of highways was the one subject where sectional rivalries did not surface.
Which statement is NOT a characteristic of the Massachusetts Bay enterprise?
a. It was well equipped, with eleven vessels carrying nearly a thousand immigrants. b. It started out on a larger scale than any of the other English settlements. c. It experienced additional immigration due to continuing turmoil in England. d. It merged with the Plymouth Bay Colony in 1691. e. It began when Charles I dismissed Archbishop William Laud, a sympathizer with Puritanism.
Which astronomer argued for an elliptical motion of the planets around the sun?
a. Nicholas Copernicus b. Ttycho Brahe c. Isaac Newton d. Johannes Kepler e. Galileo Galilei
Why were Christians treated with suspicion and contempt by pagan worshippers?
A) They were isolationists and were not participants in the community at large. B) They were disturbers of the "peace of the Gods" because they refused to partake in worship of or sacrifice to the deities upon which the safety of all communities relied. C) They were considered heathens that should not be part of the Empire. D) The pagans viewed the Christians as a test to their faith in their own deities. E) The pagans did not treat the Christians with suspicion and contempt.