Darius may be considered the most important of the Persian kings because,
a. he reigned for the longest time
b. he began the empire
c. of his conquests and his reorganization of the empire
d. he controlled the Silk Road
Answer: c. of his conquests and his reorganization of the empire
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Why did Lincoln decide to postpone his July 1862 decision to emancipate the slaves?
A) He was considering changing his mind and allowing the South to keep their slaves. B) His cabinet told him to wait for a victory so that the decision would not appear desperate. C) His racist wife and cabinet were attempting to change his mind about emancipation of southern slaves. D) He wanted to wait until Great Britain entered the war on the side of the Union.
Under the influence of Charles Darwin, the new social sciences turned much of their energy to studying the
A) development of institutions and their interactions with each other. B) evolution-based patterns in human behavior. C) parallels between human and primate forms of social organization. D) immutable natural laws which govern all human behavior.
The pseudoscience known as ____________________ contended that nations could improve their population by expanding stronger racial strains and shrinking weaker ones
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Thucydides believed that
a. the past held no lessons for understanding the present. b. there was an exact pattern of repetition in all human affairs. c. human nature showed no signs of order. d. historical writing should be objective, accurate, and factual. e. truth was virtue.