What is political absolutism?
a. The ability of the king to rule without any challenges to his authority
b. The necessity of shared governance between a king and parliament
c. The definition of a king's powers under an explicitly constructed contract or constitution
d. A king who is both head of the temporal and religious authority within his kingdom
e. None of these.
a
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a. As an editor of a newspaper, his views were widely discussed. b. He championed gender rights. c. As a writer, he was the chief source of views on the West. d. His writing promoted the idea that the government had to listen to its people. e. All of these
Which of the following statements about the Cultural Revolution in China is true?
A) The Red Guards kept the education system open. B) It was inspired by opponents of Mao Zedong. C) Political purification was given a higher priority than economic developments by those who organized the Red Guards. D) Technical research flourished. E) Stability was the rule.
The primary focus of the Committee on Public Information was
A) serving as the government's pro-war propaganda machine. B) serving as the military's means of communicating with the public. C) regulating the flow of intelligence through the military and government. D) informing the public about corruption in the war industries. E) informing the public about the spread of Spanish influenza.
The title of Holy Roman emperor, as used in the Middle Ages, represented which of these?
A) the revival of the Roman Empire B) the partial revival of the Roman Empire C) the utter collapse of the Roman Empire D) the aspirations of German rulers