Voltaire's most famous satire, ________, attacked war, religious persecution, and what he considered unwarranted optimism about the human condition
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer: Candide
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The most important contribution of the Hanbalite school of legal thought to Sunni Islam was that it
a. stressed reliance only on a literal reading of the Qur'an and the Hadith. b. pioneered new directions in Islamic theology and doctrinal change during the eleventh century. c. established the first codified Islamic law. d. None of these answers are correct.
American officials took the Zimmermann telegram seriously because a. it raised the possibility that German agents might be allowed to operate out of Mexico to propagandizeagainst the United States and even sabotage American properties
b. Mexico had a large and well-equipped army. c. intelligence information revealed that high-ranking Mexican officials had encouraged the sending of mailbombs to United States congressmen. d. Mexican Americans had recently tried to overthrow the governments of several southwestern states.
The government of the Directory
A) renounced the use of force to keep order. B) restored government solvency. C) gave way to the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte. D) maintained control of the countryside. E) invited the Bourbons back as constitutional monarchs.
The Past and Present video in section 10.6 highlights the role of __________ factors in decisions to go to war
A) ecological B) technological C) physiological D) psychological