Which of the following factors was NOT responsible for the failure of the Spanish Armada?
A) smaller and more maneuverable English ships
B) opening of the French harbors to England?s navy
C) closing of the Dutch ports to Spain?s ships
D) the effects of the ?Protestant Wind?
E) the privateers Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Hawkins
B
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Following Descartes' lead using deductive reasoning, which of the following is associated with Isaac Newton?
a. His work in optics led to more powerful telescopes. b. He became associated with the development of differential calculus. c. He described a predictable world based on gravity. d. He proposed the law of acceleration and deceleration of bodies in motion. e. All of these
Tracy examines sex differences in verbal ability by comparing Scrabble scores across hundreds of male and female participants. She predicts female participants will score higher on average than male participants; however, the results reveal no difference. This is called a ______ result.
A. significant B. mediating C. null D. negative
In 1949, President Harry Truman succeeded in getting Congress to pass
A. national health insurance. B. legislation for public housing. C. federal aid to education. D. significant tax cuts. E. civil rights legislation.
Lyndon Johnson's approach to Vietnam called for
A) the maximum use of American military power. B) escalation of the war to neighboring Laos and Cambodia. C) a naval blockade of North Vietnam. D) a slow, steady escalation that would force the Communists to ask for peace.