Absolute PowerAbsolute Power (1997)

IMDB rating: 6.50

Plot: Luther Whitney is a professional thief, who only works occasionally. He is planning what is suppose to be his last job, and everything is going smoothly until some come in before he can leave. He hides in a secret room and from behind a one-way mirror sees that it’s the wife of the owner of the house he is robbing and another man. They are fooling around when the guy decides to liven things up by striking her, she get away but he corners her, she then grabs a letter opener and is about to stab him when he cries out for help when two men come in and shoot her dead. It seems that the man is Alan Richmond, the President of the United States and the two men are the secret service agents assigned to him. Later, a woman, Gloria Russell, who is his Chief of Staff enters and upon learning of what has happened, decides to cover it up and make it appear that she was killed by a burglar. After sanitizing the room, they are about to leave but they forget the letter opener, Whitney comes out of the room and takes it and makes his getaway but when they returned for the letter opener they discover Whitney and chase him but he gets away. The police investigate the murder and there are so many inconsistencies, which makes the investigator, Seth Frank suspect that something is going on. Frank then discovers that Whitney is a possible suspect but the only thing is that he doesn’t believe that Whitney is a killer. Whitney tries to leave town but when he learns just how corrupt and amoral Richmond is he decides to play mind games with him and the others. Richmond, at the same time, tells them that Whitney must be silenced permanently.

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Please help? History HW?
((MATCHING 1-5))
A. the first emperor of the Roman Empire
B. proclamation of tolerance of Christianity issued by Constantine
C. Chinese dynasty during which painting was invented
D. early peoples thought to be first Mesoamerican civilization
E. regarded as a national hero by present-day Mongolians
1. Edict of Milan

2. Tang (1 point)

3. Genghis Khan
(1 point)

4. Olmec
(1 point)

5. Augustus

6. How did Judaism differ from other religions of ancient time?

*It taught that there was one God for all peoples.
*It taught that only the priests had access to divine will.
*It taught that the Hebrew king was part god.
*It taught that reincarnation led to the end of suffering.
7. The Silk Road was
*a road covered in silk that only the king could travel upon.
*a trade route that reached from China to Mesopotamia.
*also known as the Royal Road.
*a trade route that followed the course of the Great Wall of China.
8. Growing crops on a regular basis in Mesopotamia could only be done
*after the nomadic Akkadian had been driven out of the area.
*when people controlled the flow of the rivers.
*when warring city-states worked together.
*after the invention of the iron plow.
9. In ancient India, the Untouchables were the
*priests, considered sacred beings.
*warriors, considered invincible in battle.
*peasants, one-fifth of the population.
*lowest level of society, not considered human.
10. Plato believed that
*individuals should live in a just and rational state.
*an ideal government should be ruled by dictators.
*democracy was the best form of government.
*men and women should not have the same education.
11. Romans viewed Christianity as harmful to the state because Christians
*believed that people could achieve eternal life.
*wanted to establish their own kingdom independent from Rome.
*refused to serve in the Roman army.
*refused to worship Roman gods.
12. The Magna Carta was important because it
*was the first constitution.
*created the English Parliament.
*strengthened the idea that a monarch’s power was limited, not absolute.
*made every male in England a "free man."
13. The departure of Muhammad from Makkah for Madinah is called the
*Hijrah.
*Kaaba.
*Quran.
*hajj.
14. European civilization was formed by Germanic peoples, the Christian church, and the

*legacy of the Muslims.
*legacy of the Romans.
*legacy of the Mongols.
*legacy of the Aryans.
According to the passage, what concerned the city-dwellers the most?
15. "Perhaps . . . another kind of explanation can be given for the acceptance of Arab rule by the population of the conquered countries. To most of them it did not much matter whether they were ruled by Iranians, Greeks or Arabs. Government impinged for the most part of the life of cities . . . city-dwellers might not care much who ruled them, provided they were secure, at peace and reasonably taxed. The people of the countryside . . . lived under their own chiefs and . . . with their own customs, and it made little difference to them who ruled the cities. For some, the replacement of Greeks and Iranians by Arabs even offered advantages.

-Albert Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples, 1991

16. Popular religious practices in the Middle Ages included all EXCEPT
Church sacraments.
veneration of saints.
daily Bible study.
pilgrimages to holy shrines.
17. An achievement of the Aztec is the creation of
a calendar based on a belief of cycles of creation and destruction.
an empire that encompassed nearly half of South America.
stone roadways linking islands to the mainland.
an elaborate system of roads 24,000 miles long.
18. All of the following are characteristics of Mayan society EXCEPT
a separation of political and religious authority.
skilled artisans, officials, and merchants.
a class of nobles and scribes who helped the rulers.
a majority of people who were farmers.
19. The shift from hunting and gathering to raising animals and growing food on a regular basis is called
the Neolithic Revolution.
systemic agriculture.
domestication.
hominids.
20. The new Greek age known as the Hellenistic Era was created by the conquests of
Alexander the Great.
Aristotle.
Philip.
Augustus.
21. _____ teaches that sorrow, pain, and poverty are caused by attachment to possessions and things of this world.

Hinduism
Materialism
Buddhism
Catholicism
22. Which of the following was an achievement of Islamic scholars?

They invented the astrolabe.
They founded the study of philosophy.
They perfected the art of portrait painting.
They developed the first system of writing.
23. Which country emerged as one of the major trading states in the area south of the Sahara in the eighth century?
Songhai
Bantu
Ghana
Nubia
24. The _____ teaches that all people have to subordinate their own interests to the broader needs of family and community.

((MATCHING 1-5))
A. the first emperor of the Roman Empire (5)
B. proclamation of tolerance of Christianity issued by Constantine (1)
C. Chinese dynasty during which painting was invented (2)
D. early peoples thought to be first Mesoamerican civilization (4)
E. regarded as a national hero by present-day Mongolians (3)

6. How did Judaism differ from other religions of ancient time?

*It taught that there was one God for all peoples.

7. The Silk Road was

*a trade route that reached from China to Mesopotamia.

8. Growing crops on a regular basis in Mesopotamia could only be done

*when people controlled the flow of the rivers.

9. In ancient India, the Untouchables were the

*lowest level of society, not considered human.

10. Plato believed that
*individuals should live in a just and rational state.

11. Romans viewed Christianity as harmful to the state because Christians

*refused to worship Roman gods.

12. The Magna Carta was important because it

*strengthened the idea that a monarch’s power was limited, not absolute.

13. The departure of Muhammad from Makkah for Madinah is called the

*Kaaba.

14. European civilization was formed by Germanic peoples, the Christian church, and the

*legacy of the Romans.

According to the passage, what concerned the city-dwellers the most?
15. "Perhaps . . . another kind of explanation can be given for the acceptance of Arab rule by the population of the conquered countries. To most of them it did not much matter whether they were ruled by Iranians, Greeks or Arabs. Government impinged for the most part of the life of cities . . . city-dwellers might not care much who ruled them, provided they were secure, at peace and reasonably taxed. The people of the countryside . . . lived under their own chiefs and . . . with their own customs, and it made little difference to them who ruled the cities. For some, the replacement of Greeks and Iranians by Arabs even offered advantages.

-Albert Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples, 1991

16. Popular religious practices in the Middle Ages included all EXCEPT
daily Bible study.

17. An achievement of the Aztec is the creation of
a calendar based on a belief of cycles of creation and destruction.

18. All of the following are characteristics of Mayan society EXCEPT

skilled artisans, officials, and merchants.

19. The shift from hunting and gathering to raising animals and growing food on a regular basis is called
the Neolithic Revolution.

20. The new Greek age known as the Hellenistic Era was created by the conquests of
Alexander the Great.

21. _____ teaches that sorrow, pain, and poverty are caused by attachment to possessions and things of this world.

Materialism

22. Which of the following was an achievement of Islamic scholars?

They developed the first system of writing.

23. Which country emerged as one of the major trading states in the area south of the Sahara in the eighth century?

Ghana

24. The _____ teaches that all people have to subordinate their own interests to the broader needs of family and community.

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