Voltaire and his novel Candide emphasized all of these qualities EXCEPT
a. awareness of the superstitions, prejudices, and follies in society.
b. reasoning makes all phenomena and situations intelligible.
c. the ability to see oneself in a wider context is an important component of enlightened thinking.
d. organized religion is a hindrance to free and rational inquiry.
e. the use of logic and satire to demonstrate major themes.
e
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The rulers of Spain who finally completed the unification of that country were
A) Ferdinand and Isabella. B) Charles and Isabelle. C) Don Quixote and Queen Elizabeth. D) Philip II and Bloody Mary. E) Philip IV and Queen Mary.
Cesar Chavez came to Berkeley to speak and denounced capitalists who
a) oppressed illegal aliens. b) mistreated migrant workers. c) funded universities in support of the "military industrial complex." d) discriminated against minorities in their hiring practices. e) exploited third world countries.
What was the purpose of the Yom Kippur War of 1973? a. Palestinian rebels took arms against the Israeli settlements on the West bank. b. Arab sympathizers in Syria began an assault on Israeli occupied territory. c. An alliance of Arab nations renewed warfare against Israel as a protest of Americaninvolvement in Iran
d. Egypt attacked Israel to regain territory it lost in a war in 1967. e. None of these.
The principality of Moscow became the most powerful Rus principality because
a. Kiev became the center of the Qipchaq khanate. b. Moscow continued as the Eastern Orthodox center. c. Ivan III led a force that brought the Qipchaq khanate to an end. d. the forces of Kiev were unable to defeat the Rus/Mongol armies for control of the region. e. Ivan III joined the forces of the Il-khanate to oust the Qipchaq khanate.