The man who established a telegraph company that grew into an electronics company which bears his name today is ______________.
A. George Stephenson
B. Werner Siemens
C. August Börsig
D. James Watt
E. Samuel Smiles
Answer: B
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A. It outlined the basic responsibilities of each citizen. B. It protected basic civil rights. C. The main purpose was to emphasize the ruler's authority D. There were provisions for different forms of government.
When a socialist-Marxist government came to power in Chile, the United States
a. upheld its treaty commitments and did nothing. b. tried to encourage it to follow a moderate course. c. sent in troops and overthrew it. d. disrupted the country's economy, producing chaos and a military coup.
Primogeniture meant
a. the primacy of the pope's authority was unquestioned. b. those who paid a premium to the church were accorded commemorative masses. c. the first-born sons of the nobility gained titles and property. d. the age of majority was defined by conferring the sacrament of Confirmation. e. None of these.
The October 1972, peace agreement hammered out by Le Duc Tho and Henry Kissinger broke down because
A. antiwar activists in the United States strongly opposed it. B. President Thieu opposed any deal that let North Vietnamese troops remain in the south. C. North Vietnamese hard liners insisted on the complete surrender of South Vietnam. D. Secretary of State William Rogers leaked damaging details to the press. E. the National Liberation Front launched a provocative offensive.