Category: Social studies

How did geography affect the development of Greek civilization? The geography of the region helped to shape the government and culture of the Ancient Greeks. Geographical formations including mountains, seas, and islands formed natural barriers between the Greek city-states and forced the Greeks to settle along the coast. How did the climate and geography influence […]

Why is the warmest time of day in the afternoon? Answer: The hottest time of the day is around 3 p.m. Heat continues building up after noon, when the sun is highest in the sky, as long as more heat is arriving at the earth than leaving. Sometimes the hottest time is earlier because a […]

Why is it important to have financial goals in place when considering investments? a.It is important to have you financial plan and goals in place when you want to consider investing so you can require little from yourself other than money. Also tomake sure that investing applies to you and your future. 2. What are […]

Why is participation important in the workplace? Participation in the decision-making process gives each employee the opportunity to voice their opinions, and to share their knowledge with others. While this improves the relationship between manager and employee, it also encourages a strong sense of teamwork among workers. How does the teacher encourage the students to […]

Which Supreme Court ruling ruled that symbolic free speech was allowed in school? In the landmark decision Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, the U.S. Supreme Court formally recognized that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate”. What does a thin blue line […]

What is the total value of goods and services produced in a country in a year? GDP What is the total value of all goods and services produced in a given period of time called? Gross domestic product (GDP) What is the total of all goods produced in a year called? Gross domestic product (GDP) […]

Is the system of symbols we use to think about and communicate? Language, as it says in Chapter 6, is a system of symbols for thinking and communicating. If language molds our thinking, we must become acutely aware of how meaning occurs and of how we, along with others with whom we are trying to […]

What units is a joule equivalent to? Joule, unit of work or energy in the International System of Units (SI); it is equal to the work done by a force of one newton acting through one metre. Named in honour of the English physicist James Prescott Joule, it equals 107 ergs, or approximately 0.7377 foot-pounds. […]

What is the reaction force when a bat hits a ball? The ball exerts an equal and opposite force on the bat. This is the reaction force. The baseball forces the bat in one direction and the bat forces the ball in the opposite direction. The two forces create an interaction pair on different objects […]

Did the US do the right thing in using force in Iraq? As of March 2018, 48% of Americans polled responded the invasion was the wrong decision, 43% saying it was the right decision, up 4% from 2014. Along party lines, Republicans went from 52% in 2014 to 61% said the U.S. made the right […]