The Athenian leader whose funeral oration lauded Athenian democracy was
A. Antigones.
B. Lycurgus.
C. Knossus.
D. Pericles.
E. Cleisthenes.
Answer: D
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A. Bush was more sympathetic to his father's views on foreign affairs than to Ronald Reagan's. B. Bush was a sly politician who, by refusing to be swayed by the criticisms of foreign governments, intended to win over the conservative Democrats he needed to push his agenda through Congress. C. Bush was an independent thinker who was not going to be controlled by strong-minded members of his administration such as Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. D. Bush wanted the United States to plot a unilateralist course in international affairs.
Which of the following men translated and wrote commentaries on the Greek philosopher Aristotle?
A) Ibn Sina B) Al-Khwarizmi C) Nasir al-Din al-Tusi D) Ibn al-Haytham
The origins of the Vietnam War, in part, lie in the process of decolonization because
A) the division of Vietnam into antagonistic northern and southern states occurred after Vietnamese military forces had defeated the French, former governors of the region. B) the North Vietnamese employed mercenary soldiers from various new post-colonial African states in a local war of liberation. C) the United Nations, seeking to establish the post-colonial principle of national self-determination, encouraged North Vietnamese radicals to break with the West. D) the Japanese, having lost their former empire in the Pacific, now provoked unrest in continental Asia by attempting to achieve hegemony in the region. E) the Soviets supported South Vietnam against North Vietnam, because the latter was a threat to Soviet hegemony in Asia.
The Farmer’s Alliance originated in __________.
A) Kansas
B) Oklahoma
C) Illinois
D) Texas