What was revolutionary about Copernicus's theory in On the Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies?
A. He argued that there were other planets outside our solar system.
B. He argued that it was possible there was life on other planets.
C. He argued that the Earth was part of a larger system orbiting the sun.
D. He argued that gravity held all the planets in line with the sun.
E. He argued that God had not created the universe but that it just existed.
Answer: C
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Use the political cartoon below to answer the question that follow: Which of the following was most likely a long-term response to the event?
a. The creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
b. An economic stimulus resulting from increased military production.
c. Greater advocacy of the policy of mutual assured destruction.
d. An urgency to ratify international treaties limiting the arms race.
What is not true about the Zimmerman telegram?
a. It is named after the German Foreign Minister that sent it b. It made clear Germany's intention to resume unrestricted submarine warfare c. It tried to convince the Mexicans to declare War on the United States if the Americans entered WWI d. It caused the Mexicans to mobilize troops on the U.S. border e. It angered the Americans and was a major catalyst for U.S. entry into WWI
All of the following were factors in French-Indian relations EXCEPT
A) the French government never encouraged their citizens to emigrate. B) the French integrated into Indian culture more than Indians into French. C) French convictions that they were superior to Native Americans. D) Native Americans were useful in pursuing the fur trade.
The colonial response to the Stamp Act included
a. street violence and riots. b. economic boycotts. c. petitions to Parliament. d. resolutions passed by colonial assemblies. e. all of these choices