In the United States, excessive pesticide and herbicide use by farms can seep into groundwater and poison the water table and large aquifers--the primary source of drinking and irrigation water across several states. This example shows that many environmental problems can be ______.
A. local
B. regional
C. national
D. international
B. regional
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a. bar graph b. histogram c. scatterplot d. line graph
______ describes the regulation of relations between sovereign states emerging from customary practices.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The United States' Department of Homeland Security was created as a result of
A) World War I. B) World War II. C) the Cold War. D) the Persian Gulf War. E) the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
One of the biggest problems with public defense systems is that public defenders
a. are not really lawyers but students in law school who are employed, because they are cheaper. b. are inadequately funded for the number of cases they must handle. c. have a much poorer record of defending the accused than private attorneys in terms of convictions. d. handle more cases than are assigned to get extra pay on the side.