What percentage of our energy comes from nonrenewable fossil fuels? Unfortunately, human society is—for the time being—dependent on nonrenewable resources as its primary source of energy. Approximately 80 percent of the total amount of energy used globally each year comes from fossil fuels. What percent of energy comes from nonrenewable resources? 85% Is over 80% […]
Who decides how the goods and services will be produced?
Who decides how the goods and services will be produced? A command economy is an economic system in which the government, or the central planner, determines what goods and services should be produced, the supply that should be produced, and the price of goods and services. How should goods and services be produced in a […]
What argument does the Federalist 39 make?
What argument does the Federalist 39 make? Finally, Federalist 39 contends that the language in the Constitution explicitly prohibiting titles of nobility and guaranteeing the states will have a republican form of government proves the republicanism of the proposed government. This large republic was also to be a (con)federal republic. What were the Federalists main […]
What are the 3 largest mountain ranges?
What are the 3 largest mountain ranges? List Rank Range Approx. length 1 Andes 7,000 km (4,300 mi) 2 Southern Great Escarpment 5,000 km (3,100 mi) 3 Rocky Mountains 4,800 km (3,000 mi) 4 Transantarctic Mountains 3,500 km (2,200 mi) What are the major mountains in the western USA? The Rocky Mountains are considered fold […]
Why is economic psychology important?
Why is economic psychology important? Psychology is used by economists to designate factors that create individual variations in economic behavior and that consequently are responsible for making economic behavior hard to predict (cf. Maital, 1982). How does economics relate to psychology? Economics is a science which is constantly progressing and interacting with other sciences. Psychology […]
How do you know if a research is valid?
How do you know if a research is valid? 8 ways to determine the credibility of research reports Why was the study undertaken? Who conducted the study? Who funded the research? How was the data collected? Is the sample size and response rate sufficient? Does the research make use of secondary data? Does the research […]
Why did the colonists protest the Tea Act?
Why did the colonists protest the Tea Act? The act’s main purpose was not to raise revenue from the colonies but to bail out the floundering East India Company, a key actor in the British economy. Their resistance culminated in the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773, in which colonists boarded East India Company […]
What stretches from southern Mongolia to the Huang River?
What stretches from southern Mongolia to the Huang River? Chang and the Huang What stretches across Mongolia and China? The Gobi desert stretches across both Mongolia and China’s province of Inner Mongolia. What river stretches across northern China? Yellow River, Chinese (Pinyin) Huang He or (Wade-Giles romanization) Huang Ho, also spelled Hwang Ho, English Yellow […]
What were the characteristics of Greek gods?
What were the characteristics of Greek gods? Most Greek gods had similar characteristics, both good and bad, to human beings. They were portrayed as men or women, but they were thought to be immortal and to hold special powers. The gods could exercise their powers on one another and on human beings as they wished, […]
How important was Alexander the Great?
How important was Alexander the Great? Although king of ancient Macedonia for less than 13 years, Alexander the Great changed the course of history. One of the world’s greatest military generals, he created a vast empire that stretched from Macedonia to Egypt and from Greece to part of India. This allowed for Hellenistic culture to […]