“….Here the question arises: whether it is better to be loved than feared or feared than loved. The answer is that it would be desirable to be both but, since that is difficult; it is much safer to be feared than to be loved, if one must choose. For on men in general this observation may be made: they are ungrateful, fickle, and deceitful, eager to avoid dangers and avid for gain and while you are useful to them they are all with you, offering you their blood, their property, their lives, and their sons so long as danger is remote, as we noted above, but when it approaches they turn on you. Any prince, trusting only in their words and having no other preparations made, will fall to his ruin.” 1. What is being said, or depicted, in the document above?
2. Can you elaborate on the reason Machiavelli would rather be feared than loved? Cite specific information from the document to support your response.
3. How might a ruler choose love and be successful governing?
4. What would you choose and why? Explain your response.

"if i have seen farther than others," said newton, "it is because i have stood on the shoulders of giants." who were the giants to whom newton was referring? could this be said of any scientific accomplishment? explain.

Read the excerpt from the odyssey. 'o cyclops! would you feast on my companions? puny, am i, in a caveman's hands? how do you like the beating that we gave you, you cannibal? eater of guests under your roof! zeus and the gods have paid you! ' according to this excerpt, a. odysseus is fearful of the cyclops. b. is prideful and overly confident. c. has been weakened by the cyclops. d. has regrets about staying on the island.

Which 1962 act was designed to create more technical, trade, and scientific learning? a. manpower development and training act b. federal economic assistance act c. civil rights act d. opec act which statement gives the best example of a reason many oklahomans grew to disapprove of the vietnam war? a. oklahomans were angered that congress never officially declared war on vietnam, even though it lasted for years. b. oklahomans were upset that the war targeted a communist country in asia. c. oklahomans feared that after the war, the us would prepare to invade vietnam’s neighbor china. d. oklahomans believed that communism would inevitably spread throughout southeast asia. which of the following best explains the changes in higher education in oklahoma in the 60s and 70s? a. oklahomans ignored higher education and focused only on elementary school. b. oklahomans established vocational and occupational schools that later became community colleges. c. oklahomans decreased funding to vocational-tech schools and instead funded the university of oklahoma. d. oklahomans funded only four-year colleges, focusing only on supporting major universities. what was the most important reason why opec enforced a 1973 oil embargo, sending the us into a desperate energy crisis? a. opec feared that the us oil market threatened opec’s power to control oil prices. b. the us sided with israel against arab states, and opec instituted an embargo against those supporting israel. c. the us demanded that opec member-nations repay loans they had borrowed from the us. d. opec nations made a pact with the soviet union, which asked them to create the embargo. which city has a large asian american community, partly to the arrival of refugees after the vietnam war? a. tulsa b. lawton c. oklahoma city d. edmond the 1970s energy crises revealed all of the following facts about the american economy except a. america consumed more oil than it could sustainably produce b. opec had the power to regulate a valuable natural resource c. americans relied very heavily on foreign oil d. american oil production was enough to meet all of the country’s needs most community colleges that were established throughout oklahoma in the 1960s and 1970s offered students instruction to develop skills. a. vocational b. philosophical c. legal d. political