What Term Does the Textbook Use to Refer to the Period

question 43

Multiple Choice

What term does the textbook use to refer to the period of time when the majority of people believed that scientific and technological advances would produce only benefits?

• A) the era of naïve optimism
• B) the acumen era
• C) the scientific era
• D) the era of recklessness

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