The "Iron Rice Bowl," Mao's policy of sharing resources in villages, generally _________ poor Chinese citizens
a. Made life more difficult for
b. Ignored
c. Reduced the number of
d. Made life easier for
e. None of these
d
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According to Thomas Hobbes, absolutism is favorable because
A) people create government to enrich society. B) absolute rulers have no limiting power. C) God is the source of power for rulers. D) people are not capable of governing themselves. E) government exists to protect property.
Which of the following statements about Christianity in Western Europe after World War II is true?
A. Despite the secular nature of most Western European countries, Christian churches continued to influence state and society. B. Most Western Europeans resist any attempts by Christian churches to influence state or society. C. Most Western Europeans resist all religious influences in politics and government. D. Western Europeans are increasingly embracing a less secular way of life, with Christianity being the dominant religious influence.
J.S. Mill's On the Subjection of Women stated that
A) women should be kept in the home to improve men's chances of finding work. B) men and women did not possess different natures. C) Parliament should admit women members immediately. D) female convicts should be shipped out to colonize Australia. E) God and nature had ordained the permanent inferiority of women.
New Englanders responded enthusiastically in King George's War because
a. it offered the chance to drive the French out of the fur trade. b. they hoped to gain access to fishing grounds off Newfoundland. c. Britain promised to allow the colonies to keep all the territory they seized. d. they considered it a clash between Protestantism and Catholicism.