Which of the following best describes political life in a Greek polis?
A) a large town independent of its surrounding countryside
B) an entity in which as much as 80 percent of the population was excluded from political life
C) a town and its surrounding countryside in which about half the population had the right to vote
D) a democratic place where women were allowed to participate in politics
E) an entity that allowed slaves to hold citizenship
B
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What will be an ideal response?
Most reformers in the first half of the nineteenth century believed that
a. hard work, discipline, and solitude would put criminals on the path to productive lives. b. the middle class should have as little to do with the poor as possible. c. the working class should organize and rise up in revolt. d. they could learn a lot from the poor.
For the first time in Census 2000, people were able to:
A) embrace their African American roots in a much more empowering way. B) ignore racial categories completely. C) choose more than one category to identify their ancestry. D) register their contempt for racial preference legislation.