One of Thales’ innovations was a formula that allowed one to figure out the position of
a. the sun at particular times of the day
b. the moon at high tide
c. a ship at sea
d. the fixed stars
e. the earth in relation to the moon
Ans: c
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1. If one accepts that television narratives articulate normative truths that enter into public discourse and reinforce or resist dominant ideologies, then Gilmore Girls is a poor indicator of and contributor to neoliberal notions of an autonomous individual made in the image of a classless middle-class American. 2. According to the author, the networks had the money and the audience to dominate the market as the only buyers of series programming from Hollywood producers and studios. 3. The global success of reality television is attributable to the practice of licensing the format of a show to overseas broadcasters for adaptation to specific markets. 4. While virtues such as discipline and diligence are considered undesirable in the U.S. context, these purportedly “negative” traits can become positive when pushed to excess.
The war between France and Prussia in 1871 brought an end to the __________.
A) Second Empire B) Third Republic C) German Empire D) Paris Commune
The Treaty of Versailles places sole responsibility for the start of World War I on
a. Bosnia. b. Austria. c. Germany. d. Russia.
The most unusual feature of the charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was that it
a. Provided that the colony should be run as a religious commonwealth b. Made the colony completely independent of all English authority c. Assured the colonists all the rights they would have had if they had been born and living in England d. Did not specify where the company's headquarters should be e. Specified that only Parliament, not the King, was to have authority over the colony