What was true of the English Royal Society?
a. It was created by royal order in 1603.
b. It received little government encouragement.
c. It was under direct government control.
d. Its members were paid government officials.
e. It was less important than its Italian counterparts.
b
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What happened during the Prague Spring of 1968?
a) Czechoslovakia’s attempts to “liberalize” its economy were crushed when the Soviets sent in troops and tanks. b) Czechoslovakia’s attempts to open its economy to other Western European nations were cautiously accepted by Moscow. Consider This: Why could the Soviets not invoke the Warsaw Pact agreement in their response? See 15.5: Narrative: Picnic at Sopron. c) Local attempts at opening the Czech economy were quashed by the Czech government. Consider This: Why could the Soviets not invoke the Warsaw Pact agreement in their response? See 15.5: Narrative: Picnic at Sopron. d) The Czechs staged a full-scale revolt against the Soviet Union. Consider This: Why could the Soviets not invoke the Warsaw Pact agreement in their response? See 15.5: Narrative: Picnic at Sopron.
The Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863:
a. was declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court later that year. b. did not apply to the border slave states that had not seceded. c. freed slaves throughout the United States. d. was very popular with voters associated with the Democratic Party. e. was cited by Tennessee as the reason it rejoined the Union in 1864.
Under the leadership of Kemal Atatürk, Turkey
a. ceded its Arab territories but remained the spiritual leader of the Muslim world. b. became the first Islamic state in the modern world. c. drove the Allies from Anatolia and became a staunchly secular, modern republic. d. became a successful secular state with its capital in Constantinople, renamed Istanbul. e. restored the Ottoman Empire, which had briefly been dissolved after World War I.
Where did the term "buffalo soldiers" originate?
A) Blacks would use their free time to herd buffalo. B) Native Americans admired blacks' fighting abilities and thought their hair similar to that of the buffalo. C) Blacks would frequently desert and run away during combat, a trait the Indians thought was like the buffalo. D) Whites thought that blacks were so lazy and cowardly that they were going to be slaughtered like the buffalo.