The scientific fact that the orbits of the planets are elliptical was discovered by ________
A. Newton
B. Galileo
C. Brahe
D. Kepler
Answer: D
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Which of the following statements about Afro-Caribbeans, African immigrants, and African Americans is MOST accurate?
a. Afro-Caribbeans are more likely than members of other black groups to be college educated. b. African immigrants are more likely than members of other black groups to be college educated. c. African Americans are more likely to earn greater median incomes than Africans or Afro-Caribbeans. d. African Americans are more likely to be found working in service positions such as nursing than are Africans or Afro-Caribbeans.
During the regime of Napoleon,
a. the legal position of women was strengthened with the activation of the Civil Code. b. the pope refused to arrange a Concordat. c. the laws of France were codified in the Civil Code. d. a decentralized government was established. e. all divorces were outlawed.
In a study conducted by Zanna & Pack (1975), women described themselves to men whose "ideal woman" was supposedly traditional or nontraditional. When they found that the man was attractive, women portrayed themselves as matching the man's "ideal woman." In this scenario, which of the following contributes to self-fulfilling prophecy?
A. changes in self-presentation B. behavioral confirmation C. cognitive matching D. All of these answers are correct.
The results of the 1912 election a. represented a complete repudiation of the political and economic principles of progressivism
b. gave Woodrow Wilson a resounding electoral victory in the presidential contest, but a narrower popular vote victory for Wilson, especially in states outside the old Confederacy. c. left both houses of Congress in the hands of the Republicans. d. marked the end of the political career of William Howard Taft in Washington, D.C. e. included a negligible and disappointing popular vote total for the Socialist presidential candidate Eugene Debs.