Question 24. all of the following characterize the teaching of siddhartha gautama (the buddha) except:

a. all suffering is caused by desire.
b. life is filled with suffering.
c. the only way to rise above suffering is to renounce desire.
d. the goal of existence is to reach a state of contentment called nirvana.
e. renouncing desire can be achieved only with the of the gods shiva and krishna.

the american rail road was the most influential and useful transportation system developed in the 1800's with steam locomotives and in the very late 1800's and early 1900's diesel electric locomotives being used to transport goods and people around the newly expanded united states!

the correct answer is

d) rocket launcher

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.

d. it gave farmers a way to organize for more political power