What best explains how power is generated in a tidal power plant? Watch this video to help you answer. Which statement best explains how power is generated in a tidal power plant? A barrage holds water at high tide, when the water is released, it turns the plant’s turbines. As the water flows through a […]
Are the tasks and activities assigned to the sexes?
Are the tasks and activities assigned to the sexes? The tasks and activities that a culture assigns to each sex are called gender roles. Sexual dimorphism indicates that men and women are physically the same size. What are some characteristics that our culture assigns to being male or being female? Gender Roles In U.S. culture, […]
What happens to cultures when language disappear?
What happens to cultures when language disappear? When a language dies, we lose cultures, entire civilizations, but also, we lose people. We lose perspectives, ideas, opinions, most importantly, we lose a unique way of being human. Why do some cultures die out? Most languages, though, die out gradually as successive generations of speakers become bilingual […]
What caused the Brown vs Board of Education case?
What caused the Brown vs Board of Education case? The case originated in 1951 when the public school district in Topeka, Kansas, refused to enroll the daughter of local black resident Oliver Brown at the school closest to their home, instead requiring her to ride a bus to a segregated black elementary school farther away. […]
What are the Iberian Peninsula countries?
What are the Iberian Peninsula countries? Major modern countries The current political configuration of the Iberian Peninsula now comprises the bulk of Spain and Portugal, the whole microstate of Andorra, a small part of the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales (the French Cerdagne) and the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. How many countries are on the […]
What is the most important amendment and why?
What is the most important amendment and why? Perhaps the most famous section of the Bill of Rights is the First Amendment. This right is so important, because it protects our rights to speech, press, petition, religion, and assembly. Why was the First Amendment important to the founding fathers? The First Amendment allows people to […]
What was one effect of the Atlantic slave trade in Africa?
What was one effect of the Atlantic slave trade in Africa? The slave trade had devastating effects in Africa. Economic incentives for warlords and tribes to engage in the slave trade promoted an atmosphere of lawlessness and violence. Depopulation and a continuing fear of captivity made economic and agricultural development almost impossible throughout much of […]
What happens to Hermia at the end of the play?
How would the Sun appear to move in the sky if you were at the South Pole on a midsummer day?
What did the Succession Act of 1947 change about the presidential succession?
What did the Succession Act of 1947 change about the presidential succession? The 1947 law reinserted those officials, but placed the Speaker ahead of the president pro tempore. Throughout most of the 19th century, the Senate assumed it was empowered to elect a president pro tempore only during the absence of a vice president. What […]