Directions: For each question‚ select the best answer from among the choices given and click on the corresponding radio button. 1 | Although cheetahs are successful hunters‚ they are ------- as defenders of their catch‚ for they allow about half of their kills to be snatched by more aggressive animals. (A) | restless | (B) | conscientious | (C) | loathsome | (D) | prodigious | (E) | timid | | 2 | The author’s use of copious detail‚ though intended to ------- the reader’s
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Galileo Galilei Galileo was born in Pisa (then part of the Duchy of Florence)‚ Italy‚ the first of six children of Vincenzo Galilei‚ a famous lutenist‚ composer‚ and music theorist; and Giulia Ammannati. Galileo became an accomplished lutenist himself and would have learned early from his father a healthy scepticism for established authority‚[15] the value of well-measured or quantified experimentation‚ an appreciation for a periodic or musical measure of time or rhythm‚ as well as the illuminative
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Before the Congress of Vienna the French occupation had far reaching affects on Italy. The power of the Church and the Pope was reduced‚ changes were made in landownership and land was redistributed. A new middle class began to appear. Agriculture was improved and the peasants were freed from their old feudal ties and obligations. Then when Napoleon was defeated and the restoration of the old regime and monarchs was started‚ Italy again became a country divided into eleven independent states‚ excluding
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anything but an empire in this respect. Samuel Pufendorf (1667) gives sharp criticism to the Empire’s lack of strong political structure and how it has contributed to military weakness. Emperor Joseph II‚ in a memorandum to his brother Leopold‚ Duke of Tuscany‚ describes how the organization of the Holy Roman Empire could be improved upon to protect the people within its borders. Ernst Moritz Arndt described his frustrations with
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while shaking Karolina and Theresia back and forth inside. The driver promised an extra fare from Princess Marie and her mother to bring their guests to the palace as soon as possible drove the carriage and horses as fast as he could. The Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess of Baden and the other wedding guests would be arriving at the palace later that day and all of the wedding preparations needed to be complete before they
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During his thirty-eight year reign‚ which was characterised by his attempts to develop‚ maintain and restore imperial traditions‚ Frederick I Barbarossa adopted a number of different approaches. His methods in both Germany and Italy were founded on feudal ideology. In Germany‚ he was pragmatic and realistic‚ following a policy of collaboration in order to establish peace and revive the imperial authority that had been lost during the Investiture Struggle. This differed from his approach in Italy
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February 17‚ 2013 Analysis of Galileo’s Letter The Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany was written by Galileo Galilei in 1615. Galileo was an Italian scientist that began making new discoveries in the heavens in 1609. He discovered many things that did not coincide with the teaching of the church. The Letter of the Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany was written by Galileo in response to hearing that the Grand Duchess of Christina criticized the heliocentric theory that was created
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palace to greet their guests. The Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess of Baden were just arriving and stepping out of their carriage. Karolina and her mother stood behind the Princess and the Dowager Duchess as they curtsied and welcomed the royal couple while Theresia instructed the servants to take their baggage to their rooms in the palace. The Grand Duke acknowledged the Dowager Duchess and the Princess with a slight nod as he strode into the palace. The Grand Duchess meanwhile‚ said nothing while
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was promised Nice and Savoy in return for his assistance. After a period of fighting‚ Napoleon had offered an armistice to Austria and peace would follow. Austria agreed to yield Lombardy to Piedmont. The treaty provided that the people of the Duchies of Tuscany‚ Parma‚ and Modena should return to their allegiance‚ but this was not possible without military force. The people were
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How united was Italy by 1860? INTRODUCTION To a large extent‚ Italy was not united by 1760 Reason: - There is no integration of all state uniting as one - Parochialism: people owe their royalty to their locality and thus‚ although Piedmont have shown herself as the only state suitable to lead the Italy confederation (if it was united)‚ sense of nationalism can still not be found. - YET: it was pretty much united when compare to 1815‚ or 1848. BODY One of the
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