The idea that language is a dominant influence in shaping one's worldview and perception of reality is commonly known as:
A) the synergy of language and culture
B) the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
C) the many-worlds interpretation
D) the perceptual interface
E) the linguistic theory of mind
B
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What was the purpose of the Woolens Act of 1699?
A) to protect the English woolen industry from competition B) to require English merchants to purchase woolens produced in the colonies C) to prohibit the colonists from buying wool from anywhere but England D) to ban the production and trade of woolens within the colonies E) to punish the colonies for importing woolens from non-English sources
Why did Americans oppose the plans of Churchill and Stalin for the Balkans?
A. They believed those plans did not follow the spirit of Wilson's Fourteen Points. B. They wanted to set up American spheres of influence in the same areas of Europe as Britain would. C. They feared that British spheres of influence would hurt American trade and financial interests in Europe. D. They had promised the Soviet Union that no nation would set up spheres of influence.
Which British leader of this time was committed to empire?
a. Queen Victoria b. Samuel Crowther c. Otto von Bismarck d. David Livingstone e. Henry Morton Stanley
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820:
a. slave states gained a two-seat advantage in the U.S. Senate. b. Congress banned slavery in any new territory that might ever be added to the United States. c. the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory was divided into slave and free zones. d. Missouri agreed to gradual emancipation of slavery in exchange for admission to the Union. e. Ohio became a free state to balance the admission of Missouri as a slave state.