The correct answer is A) launching of Sputnik.
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik into space. This satellite made by the Soviet Union was the first satellite that orbitted the Earth. The success of this satellite showed the technological superiority of the Soviet Union during this time, as America had not accomplished this feat yet. This is why the Soviet government used this as a means of propaganda, to show that the Soviet Union was more advanced than the United States.
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Was a founding father of the United States of America: Both Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin were amongst the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Wrote the Declaration of Independence: Both Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin plus others wrote the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
Edited the Declaration of Independence: Thomas Jefferson edited his first draft of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
Was a member of the Second Continental Congress: Thomas Jefferson was a member of the Second Continental Congress as a delegate for Virginia and Benjamin Franklin was a delegate for Pennsylvania.
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During the Taiping Rebellion, the peasants rebelled. It was mostly a civil war which killed scores of people (twenty million people approximately). The movement was a millenarian movement (meaning it occurred because of religious ideology). The movement was led by Hong Xiuquan who claimed he was Jesus' younger brother. Hong Xiuquan wanted to instill social reforms such as collective property, equality for women and replacing Confucian, Buddhist, Daoist and Chinese folk religion with Christianity.
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The correct answer is <em>D) wood block printing and movable type</em>
Explanation:
Before the invention of wood block printing, books were written by hand. Each expert wrote the pages manually and it could take days and weeks to complete one book.
Hence, books were expensive and only affordable for a few. However, with movable type, it was possible to print new books quickly. The prices decreased and there was a boom in scholarship and education.
