The primary preoccupation of scholasticism was
A) to prove the superiority of Christianity over Islam and Judaism.
B) to prove the superiority of faith over rational thought.
C) to disprove the writings of the church fathers through rational thought.
D) to show the superiority of Greek thought over medieval theological thought.
E) the reconciliation of faith with reason.
E
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a. understanding of God and salvation. b. three laws of motion. c. views on Galileo and Kepler. d. fascination with mystical visions. e. theory of gasses and liquids.
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a. It began a period of uninterrupted unity within the civil rights movement. b. It succeeded in transforming civil rights into a national cause. c. A biracial crowd of approximately 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial. d. Martin Luther King's famous speech was nationally televised.
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A) the arrest of several prominent American socialists B) high tariffs and unlimited coinage of silver C) racial discrimination D) the failure of government to provide relief to the unemployed
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a. He was the first European to set foot on American soil. b. He was the only voyager who believed the earth was round. c. He developed a genius for navigation. d. He was the first person ever to reach the Americas.