Greek civilization departed from their Near Eastern antecedents in all the following ways EXCEPT the Greeks
a. systematized the mathematical knowledge of the Mesopotamians and Egyptians into a body of theoretical knowledge.
b. used the astronomical information compiled by the Babylonians not for religious purposes but to discover the geometrical laws that governed heavenly bodies.
c. rejected magical beliefs and practices in medicine.
d. developed the concept of a rational or legal state and the idea of free and equal citizens making their own laws.
e. eliminated any concept of a reality beyond the physical and denied the possibility of eternal life.
e
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A) Malcolm X B) Robert Kennedy C) Martin Luther King Jr. D) George Wallace
What were the causes of the intense fear of Communist subversion in the late 1940s and early 1950s? Who were the key figures in the Second Red Scare? What long-term impact did the Red Scare have on American society?
What will be an ideal response?
Mexican Americans and African Americans faced many of the same problems in their communities and workplaces, but there were some differences, including which of the following?
a. The Immigration and Naturalization Service conducted numerous "sweeps" of Latino neighborhoods to find undocumented immigrants, although it especially looked for people who opposed the Red Scare. In one period, almost two million people were deported. b. More Mexican Americans than African Americans benefited from anti-discriminatory local and state government hiring practices. c. Middle-class African Americans were able to buy houses in white suburban areas, but Mexican Americans continued to be excluded. d. Because many Mexican Americans lived in rural areas, and industry was expanding into these regions, more Latinos than blacks were able to get jobs in new and expanding industries.
All of the following were Spanish colonies EXCEPT
A) Venezuela. B) Peru. C) Mexico. D) Bolivia. E) Brazil.