John Calvin established a "holy commonwealth" that became a center for European Protestantism and later a model for English Puritans. Where was this Calvinist stronghold?
A. Wittenberg
B. Geneva
C. Bristol
D. Amsterdam
Answer: B
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A. experts and professionals who could serve on citizen commissions or serve as city managers and would run the government efficiently. B. activists, advocates, and social workers who would break the business model used by most city governments. C. career politicians. D. politicians produced by political machines, such as Tammany Hall, as their goal was to serve the less fortunate.
Why did early Christian leaders within the first three centuries of Jesus's death reject classical learning?
A) They associated classical learning with the Jews, whom they blamed for Jesus's death. B) They feared that the paganism of classical learning would have a corrupting influence. C) They believed that the works of Plato and Aristotle were superior to classical learning. D) They emphasized the importance of secular education over classical learning.
Americans were able to follow news of the Mexican War because newspapers, for the first time, got battlefield reports:
A) from Mexican spies. B) by telegraph. C) carried by the Pony Express. D) in Polk's press conferences.
The geographical obstacle which divides Africa's northern coast from the rest of the continent
A. is the Niger River. B. is the Nile River. C. are the Atlas Mountains. D. is the Sahara Desert. E. is the Kalahari Desert.