Jains differ from Buddhists primarily in their emphasis upon
a. stronger forms of self-discipline.
b. liberating themselves from the cycle of samsara.
c. their belief in one, rather than many, gods.
d. the importance of compassion.
a
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A) New Jersey Plan B) Connecticut Plan C) Three-fifths Plan D) Virginia Plan E) Unity Plan
The pretext for General Andrew Jackson´s 1818 military raid into Florida was that
a. Spanish landowners were plotting to attack Georgia. b. fugitive slaves and hostile Seminole Indians were using the territory as a refuge. c. Spanish pirates based in St. Augustine were harassing American merchant ships. d. the defeated Napoleon was going to be secretly exiled there. e. the British were building a secret chain of forts there.
In the Muslim world, the crusades can be assessed as a(n) __________
A) disaster B) triumph for Islam C) watershed D) interlude with few lasting consequences
By the time James Monroe was elected for a second term,
A. Henry Clay became secretary of war. B. all cabinet positions were filled by New Englanders. C. the Federalist Party had, in effect, ceased to exist. D. his vice president was charged with corruption. E. John C. Calhoun served as secretary of state.