Who invented the pendulum and telescope?
A) Galileo Galilei
B) Nicholas Copernicus
C) Johannes Kepler
D) René Descartes
Answer: A
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Why did the war that began between France and Great Britain in 1793 pose a dilemma for the United States? a. Each belligerent expected the active support of the United States and threatened to declare war if suchsupport was not forthcoming
b. The United States was ideologically bound to France, but it was economically bound to Great Britain. c. The Senate voted to honor the 1778 treaty with France, but the House voted in favor of a declaration ofneutrality. d. Because the United States had a mutual defense pact with both countries, it had to choose which agreementto honor.
What aspect of ancient Greek philosophy was used to help make sense of the flood of new knowledge that came in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
A. logic B. Socratic method C. mathematics D. rhetoric
How did World War I change the course of Halide Edib's life?
a. After serving as a nurse during the war, she went on to establish nursing schools. b. After witnessing the violence of war, she became a pacifist and passionate antiwar activist. c. She served as a wartime spy and went on to serve as an intelligence officer. d. She fled to America, where she became a leading Christian educator. e. She became the first woman to speak at a public assembly and later became member of the Turkish parliament.
The first people in the world to use wheeled vehicles were the
A. Phoenicians. B. Sumerians. C. Egyptians. D. Assyrians. E. Hebrews.