What do you believe are the contributing factors to the political swings between liberalism and conservativism in both the United States and Europe in the postwar period? Compare the policies of Reagan (United States), Thatcher (Great Britain), and Kohl (Germany) in the 1980s with those of Johnson (United States), Attlee (Great Britain), and Adenauer (West Germany) in the early-mid postwar period in articulating your views.
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Which ideas of Zoroastrianism are believed to have had a fundamental impact on Christianity?
a. The imperative to care for the poor b. The story of the last supper c. The notion of a holy trinity d. The concept of good and evil e. The idea of one true religion
Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal
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Your text includes several references to Europeans ignoring or underrating the role of Africa in early human history and the ancient world. What is the explanation for Europeans’ refusal to acknowledge Africa?
a) Europeans had developed a skewed view of Africans as backward and inferior. b) African accounts tend to overrate the significance of African states. c) African kingdoms had little or no relationship to Europe until the 1900s. d) There is still significant disagreement as to the geographic origins of the human species.
President Ronald Reagan argued that the Strategic Defense Initiative would
A. bring an end to communism. B. enable the United States to make a successful "first strike" anywhere in the world. C. protect all of the United States' allies. D. bridge the "missile gap" with the Soviet Union. E. make nuclear war obsolete.