At its height, the Roman Empire completed the Hellenistic trend towards cosmopolitanism and universalism by
a. constructing a world community that broke down nations.
b. developing a rational system of law that applied to all people.
c. its expansive conception of citizenship.
d. extending stability and order from Britain to Arabia and from the Sahara to the Danube.
e. all of the above
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A) Magna Carta B) Eucharist C) Concordat of Worms D) Investiture Controversy
Historians now believe that the Qing Dynasty declined due to
a. discreet Japanese economic pressure. b. intense pressure from Western powers. c. internal changes such as population growth, corruption, and unrest. d. exposure to foreign diseases. e. its inability to deal with economic turmoil.
Christian philosophers who aimed to integrate parts of the Greco-Roman heritage into their religion
a. saw Christ as the incarnation of the Logos or divine reason. b. claimed that Zeus was a prophet. c. rejected Platonic philosophy. d. saw Socrates as a prefiguration of Christ. e. claimed that Greek philosophy had nothing to do with God's truth.
Under Soviet Marxist control, most Eastern European countries
a. made the transition from peasant societies to urban industrialized economies. b. adopted capitalism. c. had no consumer goods. d. were forced to adopt Russian as the official language. e. entirely isolated from any and all Western influence and contacts.