One way the United States government reacted to the Soviet launching of Sputnik in 1957 was by
(a) establishing a naval blockade of Cuba
(b) urging more Americans to buy war bonds
(c) starting the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
(d) increasing federal spending on math and science education
Ans: (d) increasing federal spending on math and science education
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a. does not play a significant role. b. acts as a check on authority. c. plays only a ceremonial role. d. is restricted to women who are healers.
Timur Lenk considered himself the worthy heir of __________
A) Babur B) Genghis Khan C) Ögedei Khan D) Batu Khan
The author of the influential pamphlet Common Sense was __________
A) John Wilkes B) Thomas Jefferson C) Thomas Paine D) Patrick Henry
The following are true about the Jewish concept of monotheism except
a. a transcendent God, he was part of nature, created rather than the creator. b. God could be both vengeful and merciful. c. each person was worthwhile but had to decide between good and evil based upon the morality established by God. d. an agreement, or covenant, existed between the Hebrew people and Yahweh. e. the gods of all other peoples were believed to be mere idols.