The most significant contribution of the early Jewish state to Western civilization was ________
A) its sense of a divine plan
B) its use of elaborate rituals concerning death
C) its emphasis on divine kingship
D) a new idea of the relationship between the divine and humans
D
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During the 1950s, a government employee could be dismissed from his or her job if accused of being a security risk, even if she or he was denied knowledge of the accuser
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
In contrast to American republicans, British monarchists believed that:
A) a strong hereditary elite should rule. B) a government governs best that governs least. C) a powerful state threatened liberty. D) the people could be trusted to be virtuous and obedient.
The first new areas settled by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century were
a. the Balearic Islands. b. Tunisia and adjacent North African towns. c. the Orkneys. d. the western coast of India. e. Madeira, the Canary Islands, and the Azores Islands.
What was the impact of Giordano Bruno's confinement and execution among the members of the Scientific Revolution?
A) It became a rallying cry for freedom of thought. B) It coerced progressive scientists into silence. C) It forced natural philosophers to categorize their own investigations as acts of piety. D) It produced a backlash of ardent religious skepticism among scientists. E) It discouraged astronomers from openly challenging the Ptolemaic model.