Which of the following statements best applies to Charles Darwin and his evolutionary theory?
A) His ideas were readily accepted by religious fundamentalists and cultural conservatives.
B) His works were truly revolutionary in that they were the first to propose a theory of evolution.
C) His theory emphasized the idea of the "survival of the fit" in which advantageous natural variants and environmental adaptations in organisms determine their survival.
D) His On the Origin of Species described man's evolution from animal origins through natural selection.
E) He envisioned utopian evolution, unlike Marx who predicted materialistic revolution.
C
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A. The Abbasids abolished slavery throughout their empire. B. Slaves gained increased rights throughout the Abbasid empire. C. The Abbasids further drained their already overtaxed resources. D. The Abbasid regime collapsed.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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A. had little history in English politics. B. appeared with greater frequency in the colony than pamphlets. C. were more formal than ordinary announcements. D. appealed to a governing body elsewhere.