The Alexandrian scholar Euclid's most famous achievement was
A) systematizing the study of geometry.
B) calculating the earth's circumference.
C) formulating and synthesizing the predominant elements in military science.
D) transferring the capital of Hellenistic science from Athens to Alexandria.
E) inventing the Archimedean screw.
A
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A) converted steam into power. B) enabled steel manufacturers to reduce injuries. C) transformed iron into steel more efficiently. D) made a stronger, but more expensive steel.
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a. the charisma-and-terror methods of Stalin. b. the promises of a worldwide communist revolution to destroy capitalism. c. characterizing the United States as an imperialist. d. its military power. e. the fear of an Allied threat in the future and the alliances needed to prevent it.
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A) ?Charles Evans Hughes B) ?Andrew Mellon C) ?Herbert Hoover D) ?William Howard Taft E) ?Henry C. Wallace