Category: Social studies

What term means a disorder characterized by alternating periods of hypomania and depression but in a lesser intensity than in bipolar disorder? Bipolar II disorder involves periods of depression and periods of elevated mood, called hypomania. This is like mania but less extreme. All forms of bipolar disorder involve shifts in mood and levels of […]

What teachings were used during the Han dynasty? Han Philosophy The early Western Han court simultaneously accepted the philosophical teachings of Legalism, Huang-Lao Daoism, and Confucianism in making state decisions and shaping government policy. However, the Han court under Emperor Wu gave Confucianism exclusive patronage. What role did Confucianism play in the Han Dynasty? How […]

What was one of the benefits of the Federal Highway Aid Act of 1956 for Americans? 26, 1956. It provided for a 65,000-km national system of interstate and defense highways to be built over 13 years. The federal share would be 90 percent or $24.8 billion. Increased funding would be provided for the other federal-aid […]

Which gender has the most benefit from marriage? Both men and women benefit from marriage, but men seem to benefit more overall. In addition to being happier and healthier than bachelors, married men earn more money and live longer. What is a traditional marriage in Africa? The traditional Zulu wedding ceremony is called Umabo, although […]

What do forces always act on? According to Newton’s third law of motion, forces always act in equal but opposite pairs. Another way of saying this is for every action, there is an equal but opposite reaction. This means that when you push on a wall, the wall pushes back on you with a force […]

What did the Spanish do to the Pueblos? Many Pueblo peoples were forced to become servants in Spanish homes. Sometimes the Spaniards would cut off one foot of young adult males as a way to control them. The Spanish priests tried to convert the Pueblo peoples to Christianity. They pressured the Pueblo Indians by hanging, […]

What does Sedna provide for the Inuit people? Sedna is a centrally important goddess for the Inuit, and is said to hold sea animals entangled in her hair, only to release them when she is appeased by offerings, songs or a visit from an angakok (shaman). Who is Sedna and why is she so important […]

What is Nonexperimental research? Nonexperimental research is research that lacks the manipulation of an independent variable, random assignment of participants to conditions or orders of conditions, or both. What is an example of non-experimental research? For example, a researcher might start an antibullying program (a kind of treatment) at one school and compare the incidence […]

What happens when a candle burns out? When you burn a candle, you end up with less wax after burning than you started with. This is because the wax oxidizes, or burns, in the flame to yield water and carbon dioxide, which dissipate in the air around the candle in a reaction that also yields […]

How did the automobile transform American communities and culture in the 1950s? Describe how the automobile transformed American communities and culture in the 1950s. The affordability and ubiquity of cars in the 1950s led to the creation of fast food chains, drive-in movie theaters and motels. With cars people could spread out and move out […]