What was the basis for the de' Medici family's source of power in Florence?
a. Operating the first printing press in the city.
b. Lorenzo was a powerful lawyer who wrote city charters.
c. Cosimo was banker to the Pope.
d. Investing in overseas trade.
e. Patronizing the arts.
c
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Why did architects such as Andrew Jackson Downing and Alexander Jackson Davis reject the Greek Revival style?
A) They believed it was too sophisticated for most Americans. B) They believed that architecture should reflect social status. C) They believed it did not properly represent the values of Jacksonian democracy. D) They believed that architects should look to the American landscape for inspiration, not Europe. E) They believed it was unsightly and preferred plainer styles.
Why did Ngo Dinh Diem and President Eisenhower refuse to allow national elections in Vietnam as called for in the Geneva accords?
a. They believed the elections would have been virtually impossible to administer. b. They held that the 1955 South Vietnamese election had given Diem a mandate to govern. c. They feared that Communist leader Ho Chi Minh would win. d. They realized that the Communists would never allow a genuinely free election.
Durkheim believed that modernity was actually
a. a throwback to a competitive primitive world. b. deficient without a new moral system. c. incomplete without restoring Christian thought. d. contributing to mental health by respecting the desires and drives of individuals. e. a scourge on humanity that needed to be overcome.
The kingdoms of England and France and parts of Spain had which of the following in common during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries?
A. All three monarchies were ruled by powerful women. B. The monarchies of all three states were weak and plagued by constant fighting among powerful nobles seeking the crown. C. All three succeeded in expanding and centralizing the power of the monarchy. D. The rulers of all three states were chosen by the Catholic Church and had no power outside of church authority.