Smith's four-stage theory placed European culture ________
A. in the third stage
B. at the summit of human achievement
C. in the Enlightenment stage of development
D. in a stage beyond the fourth stage
Answer: B
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Which of the following is the most accurate statement about the cycles of growth and depression in the 1870s and 1880s?
a. While boom periods were pronounced, the contractions during that time period were mild and brief. b. The duration and timing of expansion and contraction had become regular and predictable in this time. c. Economic booms happened mostly because of aggressive federal intervention in the economy. d. Americans living in the late nineteenth century came to expect that hard times were likely in the future, regardless of how prosperous life seemed at the moment.
During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the discoveries that most captured the public imagination were made in __________.
A. medicine B. natural history C. chemistry D. astronomy
Despite her shrinking size, Byzantium was still
A) well connected with trade routes throughout the Western Empire. B) able to secure trade routes to Mecca with the allies she made with the Muslims. C) strong internally due to strength of leadership in the successive emperors. D) well connected with trade routes throughout the Slavic territory. E) the wealthiest and most organized of the European states, a model of civilization and a cultural inspiration.
How did John Harrison and Joseph Banks contribute to the use of practical science by the late eighteenth century?
a. They pioneered translating the scientific outlook into real-world applications. b. They made Greenwich, and thus Britain, the center of the world. c. Banks developed Kew Gardens as the world center of botany. d. Their science supported the increasing power of Britain. e. All of these