Of the following, the most important reason monsoons are socially significant in places like India is that ________
A) most of the population is crowded in cities
B) many people depend on fishing in monsoon-created lakes
C) most of the population are farmers
D) many of the people do not have the Internet for timely flood warnings
E) most people are unaware that they will reoccur
Answer: C
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A) extremely high air pressure where warm, moisture-rich air rises rapidly upward B) extremely low air pressure where cool, moisture-rich air rises rapidly upward C) extremely low air pressure where warm, moisture-rich air rises rapidly upward D) extremely high air pressure where cool, moisture-rich air rises rapidly upward
Which of the following was a prime factor for the economic collapse in Eastern Europe immediately following the end of the Cold War?
A) the nations of Eastern Europe were forced to pay back massive loans which they had taken out from Germany, France and England B) the removal of Soviet troops translated into a major loss of revenue from soldiers spending their paychecks in the local economy C) the markets of Western Europe stopped buying products from Eastern European nations D) the devastation of bombing from the Cold War between 1945 -1989 had reduced Eastern Europe into ruins E) the loss of subsidized natural gas and oil from the Soviet Union coupled with the collapse of Soviet markets made it impossible for Eastern European industries to operate and compete
Which scientist promoted the idea that species change over time, although he attributed this change to an incorrect mechanism?
A. Charles Darwin B. Thomas Malthus C. Jean Baptiste Lamarck D. Charles Lyell
________ contribute negative charges, but minimal mass, to an atom
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