Which of the following was the cause of the weakening state of the Babylonian Empire after Nebuchadnezzar's rule?
a. internal struggles between leaders fighting for power and control
b. the extensive struggle with Egypt to replace Assyria and control regional resources
c. the failing agricultural base that could not feed the growing population
d. the unpredictable use of rulers to enhance their power by claiming to communicate with forces in nature
b
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Why did Carlos III expel the Jesuits from the Spanish realm in 1767?
A) They opposed administrative reform in the colonies. B) They were allied with France. C) They objected to the king's marital infidelities. D) They supported greater protections for Native Americans.
Of all the political innovations of the era of the American Revolution, which can be considered the most radical?
A) the theory that power within a government had to be restrained through a series of checks and balances. B) the realization that both houses of a bicameral legislature represented all the people, not just narrow classes. C) the idea that political institutions should be judged by the standard of whether they served the public good rather than the interests of the powerful few. D) the assertion that government was based on the consent of the governed and that revolution, therefore, was sometimes justifiable. E) the introduction of government with powers divided among three branches.
By the early 1930s, the increase in life expectancy and the accompanying increase in the number of elderly Americans caused which of the following to occur?
a. The federal government established a national program of old-age insurance. b. State governments began to provide assistance to the needy elderly. c. Most corporations began offering retirement plans to their employees. d. The federal government established a comprehensive retirement plan for federal employees.
Moses Mendelssohn brought Jewish philosophy into the Enlightenment with his ideas that
a. Judaism should be stripped of miracles and supernatural references to reflect the natural world. b. all religion was fraudulent. c. Jews should embrace their unique beliefs as the foundation of monotheism. d. Yiddish should be the universal vernacular language of the Hebrew people. e. None of these.