Although Thales is responsible for all the following innovations, the text identifies which as revolutionizing thought?
a. Thales was the first man known to have predicted a solar eclipse.
b. Thales omitted the gods from his explanation of nature and found physical explanations to be sufficient.
c. Thales believed that water was the basic element out of which everything was made.
d. Thales broke with the commonly held explanation for the occurence of earthquakes.
e. Thales noted that heavenly objects move in regular patterns.
b
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Which of the following was the primary fear most Americans had in the immediate aftermath of WWII?
A) economic depression B) communism C) race riots D) increased immigration
Once Jesuit missionaries demonstrated Western technology in astronomy at the Chinese Imperial Observatory, the imperial court
a. was unimpressed with their technology, but then worked to steal it. b. asked the Jesuits to teach their astronomers. c. handed the observatory over to the Jesuits. d. systematically reformed their calendar themselves.
The Mongols
a. were, under Genghis Khan, aggressive traders virtually obsessed with making profits. b. ruled China, by means of the Yuan Dynasty, for four hundred and thirty-seven years. c. established their capital in China at Nanjing. d. destroyed the Chinese economy by outlawing all trade. e. made use of Chinese institutions in governing China.
According to the transcendentalists, ________ was the highest human faculty.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).