1. For the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham, social institutions should be evaluated on the basis of

their

A. success in providing the greatest good to the greatest number.

B. ability to provide services at the lowest cost.

C. concern for the rights of the individual over social utility.

D. imposing minimal intrusions into citizens' lives.

 

2. Many of Henri Bergson's followers were made hopeful by his writings because he argued that

A. we should accept our existence as the only possible foundation for our life choices.

B. truth isn't that which is real, but that which we choose to believe.

C. God doesn't exist and everything is permissible.

D. we retain the freedom to create a future that differs from the one predicted by scientists.

 

3. The purpose of Commodore Perry's mission to Japan in 1853 was to

A. create an American colony in Japan.

B. explore and map the Japanese homeland.

C. bring the message of Christianity into Japan.

D. persuade the Japanese to open their ports to trade.

 

4. The Suez Canal, built in 1869 largely by French engineers and French capital, was significant because it

A. connected the Mediterranean with the Persian Gulf.

B. gave Egypt an agricultural advantage by putting hundreds of thousands of new acres under cultivation.

C. reduced travel time from Europe to India from months to weeks.

D. connected the Nile with the Red Sea. 

 

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