As Science Advanced and Living Standards Improved, the West

question 68

Multiple Choice

As science advanced and living standards improved, the West

• A)embraced positivism.
• B)remained strongly influenced by religion.
• C)increasingly turned to religion and rejected modernism.
• D)resolved most of the contradictions between modern science and traditional religion.
• E)eliminated church power over education.

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