The idea that excessive deference to authority was a cause of ignorance was held by
a. the Parisian professor Siger of Brabant.
b. the Franciscan monk Roger Bacon.
c. the Nestorian scholar Rabban Bar Sauma.
d. the Dominican monk Thomas Aquinas.
b
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In the 1440s, among the first profits the Portuguese derived from their maritime exploration and returning ships came from
A) silver. B) copper. C) pepper. D) precious stones. E) African slaves.
The revolt of Gonzalo Pizarro was caused by
A) announcement of the New Laws of the Indies. B) royal support for the claims of the Almagro faction. C) Pizarro's ambition to become king of Peru. D) the overbearing conduct of the judge Pedro de la Gasca.
The strongest advocacy for ratification came from __________ and James Madison
A) Alexander Hamilton B) George Washington C) Patrick Henry D) George Mason
All of the following were characteristics of the development of the colony of New Orleans EXCEPT
A) it was an isolated geographic spot that initially had difficulty attracting volunteers despite the efforts of French speculators to make New Orleans succeed. B) the first slave ships arrived in the colony in 1719 and New Orleans proceeded to be a major transit point for slaves from Haiti and Senegal. C) most of the early immigrants from France were prostitutes and criminals. D) the successful settlement of New Orleans did not appreciably improve the strategic position of France to become the dominant European power in North America.