What was significant about the mystery cults and religions of the Hellenistic world?
a. They were completely foreign and thus unacceptable to the Greeks.
b. They helped pave the way for the success of Christianity.
c. They never achieved widespread popularity due to their inability to fulfill people's spiritual needs.
d. They lacked an emotional initiation experience, unlike the Greek civic cults.
e. They became the state religions of the various Hellenistic kingdoms.
b
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A. placed the earth at the center of the universe. B. rejected the ideas of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo. C. mathematically disproved the universal law of gravitation. D. supplied the new theory of the universe that combined the work of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo. E. proved that Luther was correct regarding salvation by faith.
During Jackson's presidency, he did all but which of the following?
A) ?He replaced 10 percent of officeholders during his two terms. B) ?He fired partisan newspaper editors from important government posts. C) ?He supported Peggy Eaton. D) ?He came to rely on his informal "kitchen" cabinet. E) ?He initiated the spoils system.
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A) had little effect on American life B) provided opportunities for all Americans C) sustained the foundations of the pre-Civil War society D) caused changes in all segments of the American society E) was steady throughout the nineteenth century
What coal-rich region did the French lose to the Germans in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870?
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