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read the excerpt below, and answer the question that follows.

"what happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise; to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if the people could not understand it, it could not be released because of national security. and their sense of identification with hitler, their trust in him, made it easier to widen this gap and reassured those who would otherwise have worried about it.
"this separation of government from people, this widening of the gap, took place so gradually and so insensibly, each step disguised (perhaps not even intentionally) as a temporary emergency measure or associated with true patriotic allegiance or with real social purposes. and all the crises and reforms (real reforms, too) so occupied the people that they did not see the slow motion underneath, of the whole process of government growing remoter and remoter.

"those," i said, "are the words of my friend the baker. ‘one had no time to think. there was so much going on.’"

"to live in this process is absolutely not to be able to notice it— try to believe me—unless one has a much greater degree of political awareness, acuity, than most of us had ever had occasion to develop. each step was so small, so inconsequential, so well explained or, on occasion, ‘regretted,’ that, unless one were detached from the whole process from the beginning, unless one understood what the whole thing was in principle, what all these ‘little measures’ that no ‘patriotic german’ could resent must some day lead to, one no more saw it developing from day to day than a farmer in his field sees the corn growing. one day it is over his head.
from they thought they were free by milton mayer

question: the author is describing the slow march towards nazism in germany during the 1930s, which ultimately led to the holocaust. based on the excerpt, what do you feel is the best defense against the rise of fascism?

The author talks about how the whole change in ideology took place one small step at a time, disguised as something that would be better for Germany's well being. This created a big distance between the government and its' people, who gradually handed over their freedom to decide and participate in the country's problem-solving scenarios.

Based on this, a defense against the development of fascism would be promoting awareness in society, in a way that keeps people conscious about the decisions that are being made and the values beneath them.

In other words, fighting against fascism would mean fighting against the "gradual habituation" mentioned in the excerpt.

7. which was not an important advance made by the maya:

-deviced and accurate map of the world.

8. what was justinian code:

-a single, consistent set of laws for the byzantine empire.

9. which describes what theodora achieved as justinian´s most trusted adviser:

-getting laws passed to give married women more rights and to protect divorced women.

10. what caused the christian church to divide into two branches- the eastern orthodox church and the catholic church:                                             -differences in language, liturgy, and views on religious icons.

11. what was a result of the work done by the monks cyril and methodius:       - orthodox christianity spread to slavic cultures.

12. which is true about byzantine culture:

-it was a blend of greco-roman and persian culture.

13. which was not a major accomplishment of byzantine culture:

-the reconstruction of moscow

14. which group invaded the slavic homeland beginning in the ninth century:

-varangians

15. what did vladimir, prince of kiev, do in 988 to unify his people:       - he converted to orthodox christianity

16. what is the name of the book in which muhammad ´s words and teaching were collected:

-quran

17. what is the hajj:

-the pilgrimage to mecca that all muslims must undertake if possible

18. which accurately describes islamic belief:

-muhammad is god´s only prophet.

19. what happened to islam after the death of muhammad:

-it was practiced by only few people in small parts of the world

20. which region shows the extent of islamic territory 100 years after muhhamed´s death:

-egypt, mesopotamia, persia.(b)

21. which led to the division between sunni and shia following the death of muhammed:

-conflict over who should be the caliph

22. the muslims achieved many spectacular advances, which was not one of them:

-they created the justinian´s code.

2. multiply 3/4 by 8

step-by-step explanation:

3/4 ÷ 1/8

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3/4 * 8/1

24/4

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