The deities of the ancient Greeks were most notable for all of the following except
A) their ability to mete out punishment for mortals when they were impious or unjust.
B) they each held dominion over a wide array of subsets that required homage by the mortals to live well.
C) their organization and strict adherence to a code of ethics that all were required to follow, but the deities could ignore.
D) they lived far away from Greece and were unrelated to each other.
E) they displayed human frailties and emotions, including ambition, lust, pride, and vengefulness.
D
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Reforms in urban living included all of the following EXCEPT
A) the development of pure water and sewerage systems. B) model homes built for the poor by wealthy philanthropists. C) the demolition of old, unneeded urban defensive walls, replaced by wide avenues. D) a successful effort to clean up all polluted rivers and lakes. E) some increases in governmental regulations.
Americans offered growing support for a free public education system
a. to combat the growing strength of Catholic parochial schools. b. when the Chautauqua movement began to decline. c. because they accepted the idea that a free government cannot function without educated citizens. d. when private schools began to fold. e. because they were universally horrified by child labor abuses.
The Brown v. Board of Education decision __________
a) began the long fight for desegregation by ruling segregation illegal b) partially ended segregation by enforcing a stricter definition of equality c) provided a sweeping ruling that promptly ended segregation of all public institutions and facilities d) only applied to federal institutions, leaving further legal challenges on a state-by-state basis
How did Nubia become the independent African state that emerged at the end of the second millennium B.C.E.?
A. It conquered Egypt. B. It signed a treaty with Mali. C. It bought its freedom from former rulers. D. It emerged from the disintegration of the Egyptian New Kingdom. E. It seized control of Africa.