What was the general conception of the universe before Copernicus?
a. It was orderly with heaven at the center and the earth circling around it.
b. The earth was the stationary center and heavenly spheres orbited it.
c. The earth rested on the shell of a giant tortoise.
d. It could not be revealed according to God's will.
e. The world was both flat and infinite.
b
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Which of the following statements about the Birmingham Movement is LEAST accurate?
a. It succeeded despite the local police force’s refusal to be baited into using violence to disperse the protestors. b. It initially began as a local effort to desegregate public facilities through the courts. c. It focused on attacking the city’s white economic power structure through boycotts and mass demonstrations. d. It brought children into the civil rights movement as active protestors.
Under cameralism, in what way were kings were seen?
a. as divinely ordained rulers b. as unlimited authority figures c. as supreme political managers d. as directors of the people's will e. as expendable
The Safavid collapse was a result of
a. a disastrous war of expansion against Afghanistan. b. Iran's being involved in the world silver economy. c. the assassination of Shah Abbas. d. the incompetence of Abbas's successor. e. a corrupt Grand Vizier.
Whom did the People's Party hope to represent?
A) African Americans B) men and women equally C) the middle class D) immigrants E) all struggling laborers