Warfare was the chief catalyst for the invention of the computer because ________
A. the splitting of the atom led to the knowledge necessary to develop complex electronic circuitry
B. major powers developed new weapons that required exact mathematical ballistic calculations to effectively strike targets with bombs
C. governments required the organization of large databases of information
D. major powers funded massive research and development labs that had a free rein to experiment and develop new products
Answer: B
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A) ?planters. B) ?Indians. C) ?slaves. D) ?colonial officials. E) ?indentured servants.
The impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was to
a. bring a final solution to the question of slavery in the territories. b. give the North the upper hand in the debate on slavery. c. enrage the antislavery abolitionists. d. lessen the prospects for future political compromises between the North and South and hasten the outbreak of the Civil War. e. make Stephen Douglas the most controversial national politician.
The emergence of new ________-climates, waterways, and land environments in which humans interacted with other animals and plants-made for even greater diversity in the Americas.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Define the grandmother effect.
What will be an ideal response?