Buying stocks on the chance of a quick profit without considering risks is known as
a) Buying on margin
b) Speculation
c) Profit-taking
d) Living on credit
Ans: b) Speculation
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In the 1530s, German Lutherans formed regional __________, judicial bodies composed of theologians and lawyers, that oversaw and administered the new Protestant churches and replaced the old Catholic episcopates.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Thucydides was
A) a writer of highly amusing comedies, including The Wasps. B) a politician and lawgiver who devised the constitution of Sparta. C) the first truly scientific historian who described the causes of the Peloponnesian War. D) a scientist who calculated the approximate circumference of the earth. E) a famous physician who advocated the theory of four humors that maintained balance in the human body.
The German people united behind King Wilhelm I because
A) he promised them a constitutional monarchy. B) he was the rightful heir to the Holy Roman Empire. C) the wars engineered by Bismarck generated strong nationalist sentiment. D) the Prussian army defeated all other claimants to the throne. E) All these answers are correct.
What factors enabled Christianity to spread throughout Roman Empire?
What will be an ideal response?