Which French mathematician and philosopher is regarded as the founder of modern philosophy?
a. Bacon
b. Descartes
c. Bruno
d. Newton
e. Brahe
b
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"If the government seeks to rule by decree, and to maintain order by the use of punishment, the people will seek to evade punishment and have no sense of shame. But if the government leads by virtue and governs through the rules of propriety, the people will feel shame and seek to correct their mistakes." This statement reflects the ideas of
a. Legalism. b. Daoism. c. Zhouism. d. Confucianism. e. Qin Shi Huangdi.
When the removal policy of the 1830s was completed,
a. many Native Americans became dependent on government payments for survival. b. a sense of peace, harmony, and renewal among the Cherokee led to the Cherokee Renaissance. c. the Native Americans received an amount of land west of the Mississippi equal to the amount of land theyhad surrendered in the East d. no Native Americans remained east of the Mississippi.
Confucius said, "It is better to live among tigers than to live __________."
A) among warriors B) under a bad government C) without harmony D) without family
Apart from the conquest of Byzantine Sicily by a dynasty in Tunisia, the only active jihad activities in the 10 century were the campaigns of the Turkish palace guards __________.
a. Against the Hindus in India. b. Against the Mamluks in Egypt. c. On the Anatolian border with Byzantium. d. On the border with the Kievan Rus at Chechnya.