______, author of Walden, rejected the repression of society and encouraged civil disobedience as a way of protesting unjust laws.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Ans: Thoreau

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Of whom was W. E. B. Du Bois speaking when he said: "He belittles the emasculating effects of caste distinctions, and opposes the higher training and ambitions of our brightest minds"?

A) Frederick Douglass B) Marcus Garvey C) Booker T. Washington D) Carter G. Woodson

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Under siege by the_______________, the old Eastern Roman Empire had retreated to Anatolia and parts of the Balkans.

a. Berbers b. Nasrids and Almohads c. Almoravids d. Umayyads and Abbasids

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Evidence of this characteristic was found in the Blombos Cave in South Africa

a. Walking on all four limbs. b. Boat making. c. Tool making. d. Symbolic thinking. e. None of these choices.

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Botticelli provided to us a significant change in artistic styles with his creation The Birth of Venus. What style was this?

A) Idealism in sculpture B) Perspective in landscapes C) Respectable female nudes D) Completely secular works E) Platonism in sculpture

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