The Dutch state combined all the following EXCEPT
a. the most innovative commercial and financial practices in Europe.
b. a unique urban and capitalist cultural milieu.
c. a well-defined republican government with the head of the House of Orange as limited monarch.
d. wide tolerance and the richest society in Europe.
e. a rich and politically engaged bourgeoisie.
c
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Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were:
A) pioneers of the assembly line system in manufacturing. B) Italian immigrants living in Massachusetts. C) union leaders who were responsible for numerous strikes. D) Russian spies in America who reported back to Vladimir Lenin. E) bankers who devised the mutual fund.
As Brahe's assistant, Kepler ________
A. stayed closely aligned to the theories of Brahe long after Brahe's death B. grew jealous of Brahe's fame and worked to discount the research they had completed together C. was considered inferior to Brahe as a scientist D. helped collect the scientific data and then interpreted it in his own way after Brahe's death
What was one of Mexico's major problems after it won its independence from Spain in 1821?
a. The ruling class was inspired by the enlightened ideas of a liberal Europe. b. Catholicism was weakened. c. Caudillos proved to be highly educated and effective leaders. d. Mexico's northern state of Texas was largely untamed frontier with few Mexican officials. e. Mexico proved capable of matching its two northern neighbors in meeting modern challenges.
According to Lynn Weber, _____________ exists when one group has historically gained power and control over valued assets of a society by exploiting the labor and lives of other groups and then by using those assets to secure its position of power into the future.
a. oppression b. pluralism c. acculturation d. assimilation