Francis Bacon believed that:
A. the study of nature began with the articulation of general principles.
B. knowledge of nature should be used to improve the human condition.
C. knowledge of nature was primarily useful for what it told us about the divine.
D. the best era of human history lay in antiquity.
E. nature was too complicated to be understood through human experiment.
B
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When a Black Alternatives Conference was held in San Francisco in 1980 a new generation of black conservatives emerged who included all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Tony Brown. B) Thomas Sowell. C) Clarence Thomas. D) Colin Powell.
Take a closer look at the plan of the British slave ship Brookes shown in Chapter 2. Which of the following statements best demonstrates the use of control by the ship's crew as revealed in the image of the Brookes?
A) Africans are shown walking about the ship. B) Africans are shown to have ample room in which to situate themselves. C) The slave ship appears tightly packed with Africans. D) Africans are shown negotiating for their own purchase price.
The practice of giving a political office to someone based on party loyalty is called:
a. a meritocracy. b. the spoils system. c. paternalism. d. the party system. e. nepotism.
As a result of the revolutions of cotton cloth and sewing machines,
a. the poor could afford to own several sets of cloths. b. the "mauve decade" emerged with a new trend for purple clothes. c. ready-made clothing increased the number of department stores. d. more women were forced to work in garment sweat-shops. e. the woolen trade decreased significantly.