What prevented Jews from being amalgamated into a community like most other peoples of the Middle East were?
A. They refused to learn the languages of the people around them.
B. They could not accept outside political rule of any form.
C. They could not accept the gods of their conquerors and neighbors.
D. They were not considered as skilled as the people around them.
E. They did not want to "dilute" their culture.
Answer: C
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A) created two antagonistic religious systems of thought. B) provided inspiration for the Enlightenment by arguing that through rational reasoning and the acquisition of knowledge one could discover natural laws governing all aspects of human society. C) claimed that mathematics and science would bring about the cure for the evils of society but only very slowly. D) said the philosophes were the prophets of the future and that their rejection of the Scientific Revolution was justified. E) had little influence on the later Enlightenment as they were perceived to be figures of the "old" seventeenth century.
The compromise reached in the creation of Austria-Hungary included
a. dual monarchies. b. Hungary deferring to Austria for foreign policy and budget matters. c. limited use of Hungarian. d. education conducted in German. e. Hungarian representation in the German parliament.
Which dictator came to power first?
a. Hitler b. Kruschev c. Franco d. Mussolini
How did Cortes conquer the Aztec Empire with only a handful of Spaniards?
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