By questioning Ptolemy's incorrect estimate that each degree of longitude measures 50 nautical miles at the equator, Columbus __________
A) advanced geographical understanding of the size of the globe
B) accurately mapped Japan's location
C) overestimated of the distance to Asia
D) further underestimated the size of the earth
D
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__________ supported the Great Schism.
A. Pope Boniface VIII B. Charles V C. Philip of France D. Martin V
On the eve of the 1864 Republican national convention, Lincoln urged the inclusion of which of the following in the party platform?
A. A detailed plan for the readmission of the Southern states to the Union B. A promise that the Republicans would seek a negotiated settlement with the South C. A plank calling for the adoption of a constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery D. A plank calling for legislation to extend the right to vote to African Americans
The new prime minister of Great Britain immediately after World War II, Clement Attlee,
a. included two Communist members in his cabinet. b. was a leftist revolutionary, whom the king removed two months after he took office. c. favored abolition of all private banks in the country. d. established the welfare state in Britain. e. blocked parliamentary consideration of a National Health Insurance Act.
How do Alice Eagly (2013), as well as the textbook, suggests using the term sex and gender?
What will be an ideal response?