latests
The “Balfour Declaration” of 1917 supported the establishment of a homeland for?
A) Kurds
B) Armenians
C) Jews
D) Palestinians
The Balfour Declaration by Britain expressed support for a national home for Jews in Palestine, shaping Middle Eastern geopolitics.
latests
A)
Babylonian
B)
Greek
C)
Sumerian
D)
Hittite
The Epic of Gilgamesh is a Mesopotamian poem from Sumer, considered the world’s earliest surviving literary masterpiece.
latests
A)
Language Relativity
B)
Structuralism
C)
Universal Grammar
D)
Pragmatism
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis suggests language influences thought and worldview, highlighting the relativity between culture and speech.
latests
A)
Montesquieu
B)
Rousseau
C)
Hobbes
D)
Locke
Montesquieu in *The Spirit of Laws* (1748) emphasized separation of powers, inspiring modern democratic constitutions like the US.
latests
A)
Karl Marx
B)
John Locke
C)
Thomas Hobbes
D)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Rousseau’s 1762 work *The Social Contract* argued for collective governance where sovereignty belongs to the people, shaping democracy.
latests
A)
Conrad Discontinuity
B)
Mohorovičić Discontinuity
C)
Gutenberg Discontinuity
D)
Lehmann Discontinuity
The Mohorovičić discontinuity (the "Moho") marks the boundary between the crust and mantle, detected via seismic waves.
latests
A)
Galileo Galilei
B)
Johannes Kepler
C)
Copernicus
D)
Tycho Brahe
Nicolaus Copernicus proposed the heliocentric model in 1543, stating Earth revolves around the Sun, challenging geocentric beliefs.
latests
A)
Niels Bohr
B)
James Chadwick
C)
Enrico Fermi
D)
J.J. Thomson
James Chadwick discovered the neutron in 1932, completing the model of atomic structure and earning the Nobel Prize in Physics.
latests
A)
Seleucid
B)
Ptolemaic
C)
Achaemenid
D)
Macedonian
The Library of Alexandria was founded in the 3rd century BCE under the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, becoming a hub of ancient learning.
latests
A)
Jerusalem
B)
Damascus
C)
Athens
D)
Varanasi
Damascus, Syria, has been continuously inhabited for over 11,000 years, making it one of the oldest living cities in human history.
latests
A)
Kant
B)
Nietzsche
C)
Hegel
D)
Sartre
Friedrich Nietzsche wrote “God is dead” in *The Gay Science* (1882), reflecting on decline of religion in modern society.
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