The first modern computer was built to
a) predict the results of the election of 1900.
b) play chess.
c) calculate the value of pi.
d) calculate the trajectory necessary to launch the first satellite to orbit the earth.
e) tabulate the results of the 1890 census.
e
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A) Too many supplies appeared to land at the start of the invasion. B) Over a million men would land on the beach over one month's time. C) The United States would retreat over the course of six months back to France. D) It took 11,000 planes and 600 ships to support the invasion.
The first of the European nations to declare war on another at the start of World War I was ______________.
A. France B. Germany C. Russia D. Austria E. England
What impact did the addition of ten countries have on the European Union in 2004?
A) The countries were the most populous entity in the world. B) The EU became the largest and richest single market in the world. C) The countries were the second largest market after the United States. D) The EU was finally able to compete with the emerging economies on Asia. E) The EU countries represented the strongest military force in history.
The enlightened despots were conservative in their ________
A) use of power B) social policies C) attitude towards intellectuals D) administrations