Early Greek philosophy attempted to
A) explain the universe on the basis of unifying principles.
B) replace the gods and religion in the lives of the Greeks with pure reason.
C) eliminate diversity from the world.
D) turn all Greeks away from the world and toward contemplation.
E) undermine traditional aristocratic Greek society.
A
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a. the power of the chief executive b. the economic rights of the poor c. the sovereignty of the states d. the eventual abolition of slavery
Images such as this one of the bomb that destroyed much of Nagasaki attest to
A) the sound reasoning behind President Truman's decision to drop the bomb. B) the courage of those who developed the atomic bomb. C) the psychological impact of the atomic bomb. D) the carelessness of the Americans in using the atomic bomb. E) the inevitability that the Soviet Union would also develop an atomic bomb.
This term intelligentsia refers to
A) educated upper- and middle-class people employed in intellectual undertakings, such as scholars and scientists, distinct from the nobles and wealthy merchants. B) general peasantry locked into subsistence farming. C) nobles and wealthy merchants that ruled over the peasants with absolute authority. D) landed gentry that controlled the farming and mineral wealth of the country in partnership with the peasant class. E) a wise group of advisors to the nobles, who were responsible for the economy and foreign affairs.
What was the most famous political machine of the late nineteenth century?
A) the Fifth Street Gang B) Tammany Hall C) the Irish Mafia D) the Lamar Circle E) the Coughlin Gang