What did Blaise Pascal argue about humans?
a. They can know infinity through reason.
b. They are the summation of all things.
c. They can only understand that which is revealed to them by the Bible.
d. They are uniquely separate from the rest of the animal world.
e. They cannot understand infinity; only God can do this.
e
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President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) __________
A) resulted in large expenditures to create a missile shield that failed B) was ultimately thwarted by Congress C) emphasized the use of traditional weapons rather nuclear arsenals D) was opposed by defense industry leaders
How were the Spanish successful in creating a centralized political system in their American colonies?
a. Through the extraordinary use of military power b. By installing Jesuits in important political positions c. By allowing large landowners to collect taxes from local peoples d. By placing viceroys, governors, and other royal officials in dominant positions e. By including locally-born Spaniards in the colonial governments
All of the following were policies of Peter the Great except
a. the majority of governmental expenditures were for military purposes. b. state domination of the Russian Orthodox church. c. isolating Russia from the ways and customs of western Europe. d. an effort to modernize Russia. e. strengthening of the power of the tsar.
What did the British mean by the term “Western Design”?
a) a plan to gain a foothold in the Caribbean and eventually displace the Spanish there b) a plan to drive the French from Tortuga Consider This: Why were the Dutch, English, and French interested in the Caribbean? See 4.3.3: Competition in the Caribbean. c) a plan to establish colonies at Boston, Jamestown, and Roanoke Consider This: Why were the Dutch, English, and French interested in the Caribbean? See 4.3.3: Competition in the Caribbean. d) a plan to step up privateering attacks by men like Sir Francis Drake Consider This: Why were the Dutch, English, and French interested in the Caribbean? See 4.3.3: Competition in the Caribbean.