Postmodernism is best defined as
A) the pursuit of a new understanding of long-held traditional beliefs in culture and history.
B) a protest movement against the values and conformity of mainstream society, originating in the United States and western Europe during the sixties.
C) passive protests against the traditions of a society through literature and art for the purposes of affecting a change.
D) a cultural movement that criticized the goals and methods of Modernism in literature and art, and more generally attacked the search for inherent truth and universal value.
E) a cultural revolution in thought, embracing the belief that no communal understanding of any event can be reached by state parties.
D
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Why did the Populists nominate Tom Watson for vice president in the 1896 election?
a. They felt that he was a stronger candidate than William Jennings Bryan. b. They wanted a Republican vice president to balance the ticket with a Democratic president. c. Watson, unlike William Jennings Bryan, supported free coinage of silver, which the Populists also supported. d. They thought that Watson would ensure that voters would elect a Populist president. e. They were endorsing the Democratic candidate for president and so wanted their own candidate for vice president.
To _____ is to turn a certain commodity back into an acceptable currency
A) absolutize B) diabolize C) equalize D) remonetize E) monopolize
One very early prototypical nongovernmental organization was
A. Greenpeace. B. the United Nations. C. the International Monetary Fund. D. the European Union. E. the Red Cross.
Which of the following does not correctly characterize the Persian Empire?
A. The Royal Road stretched some 1,600 miles and helped to unify the vast empire. B. The Persians established way stations with fresh mounts and provisions along the Royal Road. C. The Persians built underground tunnels that carried water long distances for use in irrigation. D. The Persian capital at Persepolis was the focus of skilled craftworkers from across the empire, who melded their distinct cultural influences into a new Persian architectural style. E. The Persians' style emphasized the empire as a homogenized state in which all peoples happily adopted Persian customs.