What was the Muslim world's contribution to the field of science?
A) They showed great interest in medicine but not astronomy.
B) They never quite caught up with the scientists in the West.
C) Muslim scientists sought to put their knowledge to practical use.
D) No individual Muslim scientists became well-known during their lifetimes.
E) Rationalization was much less important to the Muslim scientists.
C
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Reading habits changed in the eighteenth century in which of the following ways?
A) Literacy increased and access to printed material improved. B) Ordinary people began to read more secular and contemporary philosophical works. C) Forerunners to the modern lending libraries made their debut. D) Solitary reading for reflection and personal pleasure became more widespread. E) All of the above.
When Cordelia Fine introduced the concept of neurosexism in her 2010 book, Delusions of Gender, what did she mean by it?
A. People tend to interpret neuroscience research in ways that reinforce gender stereotypes. B. The field of neuroscience is unwelcoming to female colleagues. C. The bulk of sex differences in brain structures actually give women a slight cognitive edge. D. Studying sex differences in neuroanatomy is inherently damaging to women’s progress.
Because the Stoics strove for inner harmony of the individual, __________.
A. their aim was a life lived in accordance with divine will B. their attitude was upbeat and filled with optimism C. their goal was to maintain intense involvement and interest in things going on around them D. they employed wild and resistant methods
In the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelt carried out international policies that
A. kept the United States on the gold standard. B. further soured relations with Latin America. C. allowed American banks to make loans to nations in default to the United States. D. established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. E. preserved the circular loan system of the Dawes Plan.