The story of Osiris in ancient Egyptian religion served to
a. weaken popular belief in the pharaoh's divinity.
b. permit the people to maintain a sun cult.
c. strengthen the belief that immortality could be achieved.
d. provide a method for designing and constructing the pyramids.
e. justify wars against Syria.
c
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Lerner argues that classes were formed and maintained by gendered marriage arrangements and inheritance practices.
What do scholars point to as an overarching cause of rapid European population growth?
A. changes in the food supply B. immigration from colonial settlements C. the end of the wars of religion D. the decline of absolute monarchy
All of the following events exemplify the nationwide trend in the growth of labor unions and activism in the 1930s except
a. the passage of the National Industrial Recovery Act in 1933, which encouraged employers and workers to bargain collectively. b. the passage of the Wagner Labor Relations Act in 1935, which gave further support to workers' efforts to unionize. c. the creation of the Committee on Industrial Organizing (CIO). d. the split between the CIO and the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in 1937.
The Civil Service Act of 1883 required, for some positions, federal job seekers to
A. take a competitive examination. B. prove their competency with a record of their previous work experience. C. work through lobbyists in order to qualify. D. be elected to serve by a congressional commission.