Why was the Babylonian Captivity so upsetting to the Catholic parishioners?
A) The Catholics thought all popes should be Italian, not French.
B) The Catholics thought that papacy was compromised because they were in league with the French monarch.
C) There had never before been a Pope that resided outside of Italy, and combined with their adherence to the wishes of the French monarch, suspicion and doubt was the response.
D) The legacy of the Jewish leaders still worried them and any comparison was met with suspicion.
E) The parishioners were already suffering from the plague when this struck, ending a belief that Jesus was coming due to church corruption.
C
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a. The Russians became even more determined to assert their power in the East. b. The Russians turned to aggressive diplomacy to re-obtain the lost territory. c. It contributed to the Russian Revolution of 1905. d. The Japanese continued their advance to the Urals, but were defeated there in 1905.
The creation of the so-called ten lost tribes was a consequence of the conquest of Israel by the
a. Assyrians. b. Philistines. c. Canaanites. d. Babylonians. e. Romans.
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A) Secretary of War Jefferson Davis thought she should look more like a warrior. B) The sculptor was friends with abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner. C) Her robes looked too much like those of a Catholic priest. D) Many thought that freedom should be represented as a man. E) Her hat was like those worn by freed slaves in ancient Rome.
Why was the Battle of the Bulge an important battle during World War II?
A) It was the battle that drew the United States into the war. B) It was Hitler's first loss in the war, showing the world that he could be beaten. C) It was the first time the Allies gained significant ground in Europe. D) The Allies won the battle and immediately ended the war. E) The Allied victory exhausted Hitler's reserves and fatally weakened his army.