Mencius used water as a metaphor to illustrate:
a. The destructive power of untrammeled emotions to flood one's life.
b. The impossibility of stepping into the same river twice.
c. The tendency of a person's nature to freeze in place, like a block of ice.
d. The importance of allowing behavior to flow naturally, and not be blocked by artificial constructions.
d. The importance of allowing behavior to flow naturally, and not be blocked by artificial constructions.
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The United States considered a rebuilt industrial __________ as crucial for a healthy, integrated western European economy
A) Germany B) Soviet Union C) Italy D) Spain
King Charles II revoked the charter of the colony of Massachusetts because
A) ?they had been carrying out unauthorized trade with the French. B) ?they had grown too violent in their raids against local native groups. C) ?they had refused to make their government more secular. D) ?their economy had entered into a state of crisis. E) ?they had refused to outlaw slavery.
On the North American mainland, ________________ purchased far more slaves than any other colony during the seventeenth century
A) ?Maryland B) ?Virginia C) Massachusetts Bay D) ?Connecticut E) ?None of these are correct.
Which of the following statements about slavery in seventeenth-century North America is LEAST accurate?
a. Many of the slaves brought to North America had Spanish or Portuguese names. b. Most of the slaves brought to North America arrived not from Africa but from other American colonies. c. By the middle of the seventeenth century, the slave population of North America was able to increase by natural reproduction. d. A number of slaves in North America were multilingual, speaking a variety of European, African, and Native American languages.