How did Valla become a hero to Protestant reformers?
A. his defense of free will against the advocates of predestination
B. his defense of predestination against the advocates of free will
C. his teaching to depict humans as the only creatures in the world who possess the freedom to be whatever they choose
D. his work, Oration on the Dignity of Man
E. his decision to renounce the papacy
Answer: B
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A. It shifted from Northern factory laborers to Southwestern rural workers. B. It shifted from predominantly white males to mostly minority females. C. It shifted from working-class moderates to younger, college-educated liberals. D. It shifted from wealthy Eastern elites to poorer, uneducated Midwesterners.
By 1850 southerners had reason to fear for the future of slavery for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A) Congress had banned slavery from the territories ceded by Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. B) slavery was declining in the Upper South. C) slave ownership was increasingly concentrated in fewer and fewer hands in the South itself. D) Britain had abolished slavery in their Caribbean colonies.
The "ethnic cleansing" that took place in Bosnia primarily targeted ________
A. Serbians B. Croatians C. Muslims D. Albanians
In ancient Chinese creation beliefs, the universe was created by Pan Ku and everything in it was linked by the dao, which is best translated as
a. the destruction of the old to build the new b. an endless cycle of creation and destruction c. an explosive energy that pushes and pulls things apart d. the “way,” a unifying force e. a negative energy that drives things apart