Category: Social studies

How can you tell if a ring is real turquoise? Turquoise is naturally a soft stone, but howlite (the turquoise imitation), is even softer. This means that if you scratch your stone and it scratches easily, you most likely have a piece of howlite. But if it’s very difficult to scratch your stone, you’ve got […]

Do flea shampoos really work? A flea shampoo, or “flea bath,” can be used on adult fleas for the pet that has large numbers of fleas visible on its body. Shampoos are only effective for a day or less and the fleas you see on your dog are only a small portion of the flea […]

What affects the Dow Jones Industrial Average? The DJIA is a price-weighted index, which means stocks with higher share prices are given greater weight in the index. The result is the DJIA is affected only by changes in the stock prices, and stocks with a higher share price have a larger impact on the Dow’s […]

Where are sea grapes native to? The versatile sea grape is known as Coccoloba uvifera to horticulturists is a common, native plant in Florida, the Caribbean, and South America. It is found in coastal hammocks and landscapes from central Florida southward. Can humans eat sea grapes? Seagrape takes its common name from its coastal home […]

Does Australia have winter sports? Australia’s generally flat geography and usually mild winter climate otherwise provide ideal conditions for international non-snow/ice winter sports and team games like Rugby Union Football, Rugby league Football and Association Football (Soccer), which are all popular sports during the Australian winter and in which … What sports are played in […]

Why is James Bond always clean-shaven? He’s always very clean-shaven and he’s always well groomed,” says Termime. “That’s because this is how you reach the confidence to face the world. Every man has to face different things in their world every day and one of the best ways to face those challenges is to do […]

How do I make my iPad mini louder? Adjust the iPad’s volume Tap the Settings icon on the Home screen. A list of settings appears on the left. In the General settings, tap Sounds. The Sounds options appear on the right. Tap and drag the slider to the right to increase the volume, or to […]

How do I download and play Halo 2? Text instructions (how to play on Windows) Download the “Halo_2_Cartographer_Win_Setup. Open the downloaded . Open the extracted “Halo_2_Cartographer_Win_Setup” folder and then open the “Game Files” folder. Double click on the file called “h2pc_setup_1. You can now launch Halo 2 from your desktop shortcut. Can you just buy […]

What are some major events in Peru? 19th century Year Date Event 1820 20 September An Argentine army led by José de San Martín landed at Paracas. 1821 29 January Pezuela was deposed. José de la Serna was proclaimed viceroy. 6 July De la Serna moved the capital to Cuzco. 28 July Peruvian War of […]

What can be used as a gateway? A gateway is a hardware device that acts as a “gate” between two networks. It may be a router, firewall, server, or other device that enables traffic to flow in and out of the network. While a gateway protects the nodes within network, it also a node itself. […]