What is considered the most important publishing project of the Enlightenment?
a. The Encyclopedia
b. Essay Concerning Human Understanding
c. Wealth of Nations
d. The Spirit of the Laws
e. Candide
a
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As early as July 28, 1914, European diplomats were becoming incapable of slowing a rush toward war mainly because
A) European kings, tsars, and emperors were too bent on war to heed their advice. B) the complex, rigid, and demanding mobilization plans devised by European army generals made immediate military action essential. C) ordinary people everywhere went to the polls and voted for immediate opening of the war on all fronts. D) European industrialists, seeking to profit from mass destruction, induced the politicians they owned through bribery to push declarations of war through all European legislatures. E) the slowness of communications in a pre-computer era.
How did the Grand Historian Sima explain the overthrow of the Shang by the Zhou?
a. The Zhou won a great battle against the Shang and mutilated the Shang bodies. b. The Zhou united many minor kings for the attack on the Shang. c. The Zhou outnumbered the Shang by hundreds of thousands. d. The Shang were weakened by an epidemic. e. The Shang had become corrupt and decadent.
In early 1862, Lincoln sought to convince leaders in the border states to accept __________
A) African-American refugees from the Lower South B) high military enlistment quotas C) immediate emancipation D) compensated emancipation
Which of the following was true of the Watergate scandal?
A) Nixon directed the cover-up from the beginning. B) Nixon had no knowledge of the cover-up. C) Nixon only became aware of the cover-up after it was well under way. D) Nixon tried to stop the cover-up.