What government did Ivan the Great claim to have succeeded as the "third Rome"?
A) The Byzantine Empire
B) The Abbasid Empire
C) The Ottoman Empire
D) Holy Roman Empire
Ans: A) The Byzantine Empire
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A) Old Testament B) New Testament C) manumission process D) humoral theory
The American artist who transcended the distinctions between painting, sculpture, and photography in creating "collages" or "combines" was
a. Jackson Pollock. b. Andy Warhol. c. Robert Rauschenberg. d. Doris Salcedo. e. Robert Gober.
A general economic slow down at the beginning of the new century lead to the following problems except
a. rising unemployment. b. growing resentment of recent immigrants. c. reduction of governmental expenditures on social services. d. shrinking retirement benefits. e. inflation.
By 1987, the national debt had become so large that
a. the U.S. government could not qualify for any further credit. b. 14 percent of the annual budget went to the payment of interests. c. it threatened the collapse of the dollar. d. the U.S. government was increasingly dependent on foreign creditors.