The central objective of the “Glorious Revolution” in Britain was the:
a. Implementation of Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan as official governmental policy.
b. Execution of the Catholic King James II.
c. Prevention of a female monarch, given the negative example of Elizabeth I.
d. The offering of a joint monarchy to the Protestant William III and Mary II.
d. The offering of a joint monarchy to the Protestant William III and Mary II.
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What is the difference between a monopoly and an oligopoly?
a. An oligopoly is one firm controlling all of the market of a product, whereas a monopoly is several firms controlling much of the market of a product. b. A monopoly is one firm producing many different products and controlling much of the business market, whereas an oligopoly is one firm producing one product and controlling most of the business market. c. A monopoly is one firm controlling all of the market of a product, whereas an oligopoly is several firms controlling much of the market of a product. d. An oligopoly is one firm producing many different products and controlling much of the business market, whereas a monopoly is one firm producing one product and controlling most of the business market. e. A monopoly is when one business controls at least 50 percent of an industry, whereas an oligopoly is when several businesses control at least 50 percent.
Growing appreciation of astronomy among European peoples after 4000 B.C.E. is best seen in
A) cuneiform star charts. B) wall paintings of galaxies. C) megalithic observatories. D) epic poems about the cosmos. E) use of the astrolabe.
The position of the military aristocracy in Japan was:
a. Roughly equivalent to its counterpart in Chinese Confucianism. b. Absolute and unquestioned, in all matters of life and death. c. Responsible to a civilian commander-in-chief, appointed by a group of peasants. d. Considered incongruent with practitioners of the refined arts of painting and poetry.
Income for wage earners during the age of industrialism varied according to many factors, including a worker's skill. However, the average American worker believed:
a. in job mobility and moving up the economic ladder b. that most businesses would crush those who protested c. most workers would never rise in job and class status d. that income might rise, but social status was fixed