Why did Emperor Wu establish the Imperial Academy?
a. To increase the power of the military
b. To encourage trade and commerce
c. To encourage the study of Confucian texts
d. To place all scholars under his control
e. To stamp out non-orthodox beliefs
c
You might also like to view...
Felix Dzerzhinsky’s incorruptibility and dedication led observers to compare him to which figure?
A) Robespierre B) Nicholas II C) Napoleon D) Marianne
What was the difference between a concentration camp and an extermination camp?
A) There was no difference; both were places of death, experimentation, and torture. B) Concentration camps were places where POWs were relocated to serve as slave labor for the German war machine. Famine, torture, and disease awaited many. The Extermination camps, like Auschwitz, were where Jews were sent to the showers where they were locked in and exposed to Zyklon B gas (an insecticide) to kill them. C) Concentration camps were set up to house POWs, while extermination camps were strictly for killing the POWs that grew too numerous to feed. D) Concentration camps were places where Jews and others were relocated to serve as slave labor for the German war machine. Famine, torture, and disease awaited many. The Extermination camps, like Auschwitz, were where Jews were sent to the showers where they were locked in and exposed to Zyklon B gas (an insecticide) to kill them. E) None of these
Hagia Sophia was
A. the magnificent church at Constantinople. B. the legal foundation for Justinian's code. C. Justinian's most dangerous political enemy. D. the central trading city on the silk roads. E. the wife of Justinian, who proved to be a wise adviser.
Which characteristic of the 1920s is best illustrated by the Red Scare, the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, and the activities of the Ku Klux Klan?
a. increased nativism b. belief in unlimited progress c. growth in humanitarian causes d. faith in big business