What was the underlying concept behind 20th century physics?
A) Knowledge is arrived at only through the senses.
B) It is conceivable to predict the possibility of certain events occurring through the study of physics.
C) The world is a machine that will continue to operate regardless of what humans do.
D) It is impossible to apply philosophical logic to the study of physical matter.
E) By studying matter quantitatively, one should be able to determine what matter is and does.
D
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A) presidential elections were usually close contests. B) voter turnout was usually low by modern standards. C) the Republican Party usually controlled both houses of Congress. D) the Democratic Party usually won the presidency.
The single most important weapon in colonial warfare by 1900 was:
A. the machine gun. B. the tank. C. the bayonet. D. European diseases. E. the biplane.
Enlightened Absolutism
a. was based more on practical measures to strengthen the power of the state than to "reform" and free their populations. b. was best illustrated by the activity of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. c. was truly applied only briefly, in the ten months before the death of Emelyan Pugachev. d. was limited by the desires of the middle classes to retain their special advantages. e. best describes the British government in the eighteenth century.
Cotton textiles dating to about 3000 BCE have been found along the coasts of ____________.
a. North and South Carolina. b. California and Oregon. c. Nicaragua and Costa Rica. d. Ecuador and Peru.