How did the Portuguese create a trading empire in Asia? How did the Portuguese create a trading empire stretching from Africa through the Indian Ocean to India? They gained exclusive exploration and trading rights over half the world, which helped expand its wealth and power and limited competition from rival European powers. How did Portugal […]
How is CF caused?
How is CF caused? Cystic fibrosis is caused by a change (mutation) in the gene that makes cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR) protein. To have CF, a baby must get two copies of the CF gene, one from each parent. What is the life expectancy of someone with CF? Today, the average life span for […]
Is art theft a federal crime?
Is art theft a federal crime? Makes it a federal offense to obtain by theft or fraud any object of cultural heritage from a museum. The statute also prohibits the “fencing” or possession of such objects, knowing them to be stolen. Who investigates stolen art? Today, the pilfered works are part of the National Stolen […]
How do you make a mountain picture look bigger?
How do you make a mountain picture look bigger? Make your foregrounds large by getting really close. And point the wide-angle lens down to allow the lens distortion to stretch the mountains. First, look for foregrounds. The less you’re focused on the magnitude of the mountains, the more you can pay attention to the small […]
How do Mrs Phelps and Mrs Bowles react when Montag reads them the poem?
What shapes can be made by joining two of the triangles?
Why did composers of the earliest polyphony use chant as the basis for their works?
Why did composers of the earliest polyphony use chant as the basis for their works? Early chants were monophonic. Polyphony came in to play as composers (monks) became bored and more creative but the thought was that they had to incorporate the original chant into the polyphonic one because it was now considered sacred. What […]
Is Oval 2D or 3D shape?
What is the contagion theory?
What is the contagion theory? In short, contagion theory argues that collective behavior is irrational and results from the contagious influence of the crowds in which individuals find themselves. Contagion theory assumes that people in a crowd act emotionally and irrationally because they come under the influence of the crowd’s impulses. What is a criticism […]