What did Newtown explain in his major work, Principia?
a. A technique for unclogging arteries
b. The mathematical foundation for the universal law of gravitation
c. The astronomical work of his predecessors
d. How to use calculus
e. The foundation of alchemical principles
d
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Egyptian history is traditionally divided into thirty-one royal dynasties, starting with that of Menes and ending with the one established by ________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
a. divided the empires of Spain and Portugal. b. gave Spain sole claim to all the lands of the Americas. c. was drafted and enforced by the Holy Roman Emperor. d. granted the asiento on Spanish slaves to the Dutch.
Actual fighting in the American Revolution began when the
A) British army, sent to seize colonial arms, was interrupted by colonists at Lexington. B) British navy shelled the colonial port of Norfolk, Virginia. C) colonial army under Washington forced the British to evacuate Boston. D) colonial Minutemen attacked a British camp guarding an arsenal in Concord.
The first Buddhists to arrive in China in the first and second centuries c.e. were
a. disciples of the Buddha seeking converts. b. foreign soldiers involved in various invasions. c. Mongol tribes crossing the Chinese northern borders. d. Indian missionaries fleeing the political upheaval of their homeland in northern India. e. Indian traders.