The Five Sovereigns were
A) mythical kings who ruled before dynastic succession was established.
B) the gods of the Neolithic Chinese.
C) ancient land lords who protected the common people from invasion.
D) the first five dynasties in China.
E) none of the above.
A
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A. Dutch authority over Belgium B. Belgian neutrality C. French protection for Belgian Catholics D. Dutch neutrality in the rebellion against Austria
The Unionist Democrat placed on the Lincoln ticket to assure victory in 1864 was
A) Ulysses S. Grant. B) George B. McClellan. C) Horatio Seymour. D) Andrew Johnson.
When German peasants revolted in 1524–1525, they won the support of:
A. Martin Luther. B. the Pope. C. John Calvin. D. the merchant class. E. none of these people or groups.
The father of positivism, Auguste Comte, believed in all the following EXCEPT
a. contemporary society was in a state of intellectual anarchy. b. the laws of human behavior can be discovered just as the law of gravity has been; one such law is the "law of three stages" to describe the development of human knowledge. c. in the most primitive stage of human knowledge, natural phenomena was explained by the supernatural. d. the metaphysical stage was a transitional stage in which phenomena were explained through abstractions. e. in the final stage, which included the Enlightenment and Comte's own time, all illusions are dispelled and the mind is convinced only by observation and verifiable information.