Which of the following is true of the 1884 treaty establishing the prime meridian (0°)?
A) Each country selected its own prime meridian for their marine maps.
B) The Greenwich meridian was established as the prime meridian by the treaty.
C) The United States designated the Washington meridian for land maps and marine maps.
D) No consensus was met at the 1884 treaty, putting off the decision until a 1907 treaty was passed.
B
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B) normal fault.
C) strike-slip fault.
D) reverse fault.
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