How do regional trading groups influence organizations? In addition to economies of scale, regional trading blocs allow large companies to place facilities where the costs are lowest, without incurring tariffs or duties. They may produce labor-intensive parts where worker pay is low and high-tech goods where the workforce is educated. How do nations benefit from […]
What were five major problems in the British parliamentary system?
What were five major problems in the British parliamentary system? Check all that apply. Only five percent of the population was able to vote. Only wealthy landowners were able to vote. Only wealthy business owners were able to vote. Large cities were extremely underrepresented. Large and small cities had equal representation. Who was instrumental in […]
What totem pole means?
What totem pole means? Totem poles are monuments created by First Nations of the Pacific Northwest to represent and commemorate ancestry, histories, people, or events. Most totem poles display beings, or crest animals, marking a family’s lineage and validating the powerful rights and privileges that the family held. Did Native Americans worship totem poles? Native […]
What is the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the 14th Amendment?
What is the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the 14th Amendment? The Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment operates with respect to the civil rights associated with both state and national citizenship. It requires that whatever those rights are, all citizens shall have them alike. What is the Privileges or Immunities Clause of […]
What was the original motivation for developing the Internet?
What was the original motivation for developing the Internet? A major initial motivation for both the ARPANET and the Internet was resource sharing – for example allowing users on the packet radio networks to access the time sharing systems attached to the ARPANET. Connecting the two together was far more economical that duplicating these very […]
Who planned the Seneca Falls Convention?
Who planned the Seneca Falls Convention? Elizabeth Cady Stanton What caused the Seneca Falls Convention? She also was inspired by Lucretia Mott, whom she met almost eight years earlier in London at the World Anti-Slavery Convention. There, the two were brought to the women’s only section and were not allowed to sit or speak at […]
What battles of the War of 1812 took place after the Treaty of Ghent was signed and was the most decisive American victory of the war?
What battles of the War of 1812 took place after the Treaty of Ghent was signed and was the most decisive American victory of the war? Treaty of Ghent: December 24, 1814 On January 8, 1815, a large British army attacked New Orleans and was decimated by an inferior American force under General Andrew Jackson […]
What is one way in which the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire were similar?
What is one way in which the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire were similar? They were of similar in population (60-80 Mio) and economic power. Both had a high degree of urbanization (up to 25% in the Roman empire, I don’t know numbers for Han) and could support multiple cities with 500.000 to 1Mio […]
How do you memorize milestones?
How does the image illustrate a contribution of the Byzantine Empire?
How does the image illustrate a contribution of the Byzantine Empire? How does this image illustrate a contribution of the Byzantine Empire? It is an example of sophisticated mosaic art commonly found in Byzantine structures. It is an example of realistic paintings commonly found in Byzantine structures. It shows how the Byzantines used art to […]