Austrian physician Sigmund Freud contended that civilization's standards and laws
A. originated as a method to suppress sexual desires.
B. serve to control base instincts.
C. habitually repressed primal drives.
D. are a response to an immense inner universe.
Answer: B
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Why did many progressives advocate restricting immigration to the United States?
A) ?? They concluded that since the immigrant city bred problems, immigrants should be excluded. B) ?? They believed that urban planners had to be given time to clear the slums and redesign the boulevards so that immigrants would see America at its best. C) ?? They believed that it was cruel to allow immigrants to come to America if they were going to have to work in unhealthy factories. D) ?? They believed that until the U.S. economy had been reformed, it could never expand rapidly enough to incorporate waves of immigrants. E) ?? They feared that immigrants would support labor unions and thereby reduce the influence of individual progressive organizations.
All of the following are true of Galileo Galilei, EXCEPT:
a. He was able to bring geometry, algebra, and Archimedean physics together. b. Using mathematics, he was able to prove that Archimedes was wrong in his theory of falling bodies. c. A first-rate astronomer, he was one of the first to use a telescope. d. He was condemned to house arrest and (at least publicly) repudiated heliocentrism.
When Spartans defeated Tegea, instead of taking away land and subjugating them, they let them keep their land and their freedom in exchange for________
A. paying an annual fee in grains and oil B. following the Spartan lead in foreign affairs and supplying soldiers on demand C. converting to the Spartan religious and cultural traditions D. educating their children with Spartan customs and swearing Spartan allegiance E. supplying agricultural laborers to Sparta
Which of the following appears to have caused the decline in the birthrate in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
a. the increasing shift from a rural to an urban society b. the decrease in the number of married couples c. the increase in infant mortality rates d. the climbing divorce rate