An El Niño event is triggered when
A) the Pacific equatorial currents grow in strength.
B) trade winds weaken or reverse direction.
C) upwelling increases along the coast of Ecuador and Peru.
D) ocean waters around Indonesia increase in temperature.
E) La Niña is halfway through its cycle.
B
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During Phase 3 of migration to the U.S. (1870 -1920), where did the majority of immigrants come from?
A) England and Africa
B) Ireland and Germany
C) Southern and Eastern Europe
D) Canada and Latin America
E) Latin America and Asia
Social inequality has material AND ideological roots. Explain and provide an example from your readings.
What will be an ideal response?
The lionfish is
A) an introduced invasive species that is causing declines in native Caribbean reef fish. B) an invasive species in the Caribbean but is controlled by local predators. C) threatened in many parts of its range but is recovering thanks to the REEF program. D) valued by local Caribbean communities because of its value as food.
The oblasts with greater than fifty percent non-Russian ethnic groups are in the:
A) west B) southeast C) northeast D) Siberian region