What is a culture hearth—and how and why did the colonial-era New England culture hearth differ from the Pennsylvania culture hearth?

What will be an ideal response?


Culture hearths are areas that developed distinct cultural characteristics. These hearths served as source areas for further colonial expansion.

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A. They are typically found at low concentrations in the host rock. B. They are equally distributed around the world. C. There is a lack of technological understanding about how to extract them. D. There is no demand for them on the world market.

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What negative effects can occur from over-pumping an aquifer?

a. Solifluction, Creep, Metamorphism b. Resource Depletion, Subsidence, Contamination c. Subduction, Magma Mixing, Hot Springs d. Geysers, Artesian Flow, Permeability

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In a rainforest, most of the sunlight is captured by trees and therefore only

A. small plants grow there. B. vines can grow underneath them. C. fast growing trees and shrubs grow there. D. shade-tolerant plants live beneath the canopy.

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All are true except

A. Most of the surface of Antarctica is covered in ice and snow. B. The Transantarctic Mountains are an extension of South America's Andes Mountains. C. The Antarctic was never part of Gondwanaland. D. The majority of Antarctica's terrestrial extent lies in East Antarctica.

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