Although he invented analytic geometry, whose most important contribution was to develop a scientific method that relied more on deduction—reasoning from general principal to arrive at specific facts?
A. René Descartes
B. Francis Bacon
C. Isaac Newton
D. Johannes Kepler
E. Galileo
Answer: A
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A) were examples of brilliant strategy. B) were decided by the use of tanks. C) caused enormous casualties to both sides. D) inflicted severe defeats on the Germans. E) brought American troops into the war.
Homer?s account of the Trojan War is told in an epic poem entitled
A) the Odyssey. B) the Iliad. C) Works and Days. D) Organum. E) the Republic.
During the Early Empire (14-180 C.E.), the Roman army
A) was increased to 400,000 men. B) was dominated by only Italian legionaries. C) was successful in invading Gaul. D) became corrupt due to nepotism. E) became mostly made up of German soldiers, although Romans remained the officers.
The Quebec Act bothered colonists because it
a. singled out Massachusetts with the harshest measures. b. required jury trials for colonists suspected of crimes against the Crown. c. covered all English-speaking territories in America. d. set aside land for those who would settle and improve it. e. attempted to legislate peace between Catholics and Protestants in the region.