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During the Middle Ages the spice trade was monopolized by?
Spaniards and French
Dutch and English
Muslims and Venetians
Byzantines and Russians
5 AnswersHistory3 years agoDuring the Middle Ages & Renaissance, Germany was?
thoroughly united
a conglomeration of principalities
deeply influenced by the French
isolated from foreign connections
3 AnswersHistory3 years agoWhat did Desiderius Erasmus advocated for?
Christian education for moral and intellectual improvement
A monastic life of contemplation and divorce from the material world
Obedience to church doctrine
A complete separation of church and state
3 AnswersReligion & Spirituality3 years agoThe major elements of the Renaissance were Humanism, Classicism and?
Theology
Satire
Mysticism
Statecraft
1 AnswerHistory3 years agoIs Kabbala is a mystical interpretation of Jewish scripture.?
True or False
3 AnswersReligion & Spirituality3 years agoA farmer who grows a crop of alfalfa (a legume) and then plows it under will enrich his soil with:?
a. nitrogen
b. phosphorus
c. calcium
d. potassium
e. both a and b are correct answers
2 AnswersAgriculture3 years agoPhotochemical smog is formed when pollutants interact in the atmosphere with?
a. sunlight
b. sulfur dioxide
c. water vapor
d. oxygen
e. carbon dioxide
1 AnswerHomework Help3 years ago
What is happening at point "E" on the following population growth curve?
a. the population is rapidly increasing
b. competition for resources increases among individuals in the population
c. the population is showing exponential growth
d. the population size is sustainable for the resources in the environment
e. essential resources, such as food and water, become plentiful for the population
1 AnswerBiology3 years agoWhen photosynthesizing, phytoplankton and plants release ___ and absorb ____.?
a. carbon dioxide; water
b. carbon dioxide; oxygen
c. oxygen; carbon dioxide
d. water; oxygen
e. water; carbon dioxide
2 AnswersChemistry3 years agoMost wildlife biologists believe that the best way to protect biodiversity is to:?
a. pass endangered species laws
b. use captive breeding programs
c. protect the earth's ecosystems
d. use genetic engineering
e. develop programs to protect individual species
Conservation3 years agoCarbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels is considered to be an air pollutant because:?
a. it forms a strong acid which damages stone and other building materials
b. it slows the growth of many types of plants, including grains and trees
c. it's a major factor in changing the climate of the earth
d. it's toxic to humans, sometimes causing headaches, unconsciousness, or even death
e. both b and d above are correct
Homework Help3 years agoArielle is looking at alternative energy sources for her home, in particular, wind and solar options. To make the best decision, she should:?
a. the level of air pollution in her community (now and predicted for the future)
b. the mean temperature where she lives and predicted temperatures for the next decade
c. the amount of year round rainfall where she lives, the availability of groundwater, and startup costs
d. the amount of year round sunshine where she lives, the average wind speed, and startup costs
e. the elevation above sea level of her home
1 AnswerHomework Help3 years agoTo encourage corporations to adopt sustainable policies in a capitalist society, the most useful action consumers can take would be to?
a. choose products from companies that adopt sustainable policies
b. organize protests against companies that damage the environment
c. purchase only the most affordable products
d. do a mass mailing to companies across the U.S. asking them to adopt sustainable policies
e. attend meetings with other people who are in favor of sustainable technologies
5 AnswersPolitics3 years agoWhich of the following energy conservation measures would also help to reduce air pollution?
a. cars which get more miles per gallon
b. substitution of solar and wind energy for fossil fuels
c. basic conservation measures, such as car-pooling or turning of the lights when no one is in the room
d. improving home insulation to conserve heat energy
e. all of the above would help to reduce air pollution
3 AnswersConservation3 years agoIn the Tragedy of the Commons, the Commons refers to?
a. depletion of a shared, but limited, resource
b. disputed border territories
c. an individual's private property
d. any renewable natural resource
e. any nonrenewable resource
2 AnswersHomework Help3 years agoThe modern farming practice of monoculture has led to?
a. an increase in local food web complexity
b. a food web that's less susceptible to diseases and pests
c. more diversity in diet for humans and local organisms
d. decreased need for pesticides to reduce insect populations
e. lower biodiversity in food crops
3 AnswersBiology3 years agoWhich organisms would show the worst effect from bioaccumulation in the ecosystem?
Consider this food chain: algae to clams to small fish to large fish to seals. Which organisms would show the worst effect from bioaccumulation in the ecosystem?
a. algae d. clams
b. small fish e. large fish
c. seals
1 AnswerBiology3 years agoMental maps are created through a process called?
a. social learning.
b. latent learning.
c. classical conditioning.
d. operant conditioning.
3 AnswersPsychology4 years agoMedicaid is a (an):?
Compulsory health insurance plan for the elderly
Noncontributory federal and state health insurance plan for the poor
Organization that provides comprehensive medical services for a preestablished fee
None of the above
3 AnswersInsurance4 years agoKarl Marx suggested a major cause of alienation is the powerlessness of workers in a capitalistic society.?
His views reflect which sociological perspective?
Functionalist perspective
Conflict perspective
Interactionist perspective
Dramaturgical perspective
3 AnswersSociology4 years ago