Which of the following statements about Thucydides is correct?
a. The study of war would reveal general principles of human behavior.
b. The motives of statesmen were insignificant in studying the historical event.
c. The historian must entertain rather than enlighten.
d. History was the work of the gods.
e. His work represents a rejection of the findings of the Sophists and the Hippocratic doctors.
a
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What reason can best be given for President Kennedy's inaction on many civil rights issues?
A. the focus on many other successful domestic policy issues B. the constitutional limitations on presidential powers C. his fear of losing Southern voters' support D. his party's lack of a congressional majority
Which statement defines the term utilitarianism?
A) The idea that one country should have a monopoly on trade and economic activity in a colony. B) The idea that Darwin's "survival of the fittest" applied to race. C) The greatest good is whatever is best for the greatest number of people. D) To make a country the protecting power over another but not the titular power. E) The introduction of common law into forms of land tenure.
Reconstruction began before the end of the Civil War
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following is NOT true of North Korea?
a. It is a one-party Communist state b. Political dissidents are jailed or executed c. Its ruling ideology is a mixture of Stalinism and Maoism d. It has substantially raised peoples' living standards e. Its only two leaders have set up personality cults