According to the text, the achievement of the Greeks that set them apart from other Near Eastern civilizations was
a. the creation of a lasting world empire.
b. the development of rational thought.
c. the principle of women's rights.
d. the fusion of religion and politics.
e. the innovations of their military strategies and technology.
b
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All of the following are true of women during the scientific revolution EXCEPT:
A. the majority of monasteries excluded women. B. the majority of universities excluded women. C. noblewomen usually achieved greater freedom to pursue the new sciences than did women associated with the artisan crafts. D. women associated with the artisan crafts usually achieved greater freedom to pursue the new sciences than did noblewomen. E. women were largely excluded from participation in the new science.
Soviet specialist George F. Kennan framed a coherent approach for America in the Cold War by advising a policy of
a. détente. b. appeasement. c. containment. d. rollback. e. negotiation.
During the Civil War, the term “contraband camps” referred to:
a. camps in which materials such as rifles and gunpowder were kept. b. holding areas for items seized by customs agents for failure to pay tariffs. c. training grounds for the youthful musicians who played to raise the morale of the troops. d. camps of southern slaves who had escaped from their masters and entered Union lines. e. places near battlefields where the Union army temporarily kept Confederate prisoners.
_________ is a practice whereby social actors read the gaps and silences of existing historical narrative to create new historical opening, political possibilities, and genealogies of resistance.
a. Retro-fitted memory b. Third space c. Multiplicity d. Alternative visioning