On what question do the Marquis de Condorcet and Jean-Jacques Rousseau disagree?
A) effectiveness of the administrative use of judicial torture to elicit confessions
B) role of the Catholic Church in political affairs and scientific investigations
C) whether progress brings about the improvement or degeneration of humanity
D) advantages of imprisonment and rehabilitation over capital punishment
C
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Which of the following statements is the most accurate depiction of the Aztec Empire?
A. It was a highly centralized, tightly administered monarchy developed through military conquest. B. It was a confederation of localities linked by a feudal allegiance system in which a central ruler controlled an empire developed through military conquest. C. It was a highly centralized maritime society that had evolved from a foundation of intense religious piety. D. It was followed by the Mayan civilization. E. Human sacrifice was abolished by Montezuma.
How did fur trading and trapping develop as a business market in the West? What changing role did Indian trappers play in this market?
What will be an ideal response?
Why was Julius Caesar assassinated?
a. The senators did not trust his judgment concerning the rule of Egypt by Cleopatra. b. His campaign to conquer the Germanic lands was seen as too ambitious. c. His enemies in Gaul were outraged by his political success. d. He named himself dictator for life and monopolized power. e. He proposed land redistribution, which challenged the holdings of the patrician senate.
Why does the legislative branch of the government represent the people most directly? What is the principal job of this branch?