The rising average temperature worldwide is known as ______.

a. global warming
b. rising temperatures
c. seasonal change
d. global change


a. global warming

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Churchill was one of the few to understand the darker side of human nature, and thus alerted Britain and Europe to the threat of Nazi Germany

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The existence of a _______________________ troubles those who think that important decisions are increasingly being taken out of the hands of states and elected officials as a result of globalization

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Which statement about the Inkantha Freedom Party is INCORRECT?

a. It is very much a party organized around its aging founder and leader. b. Its support has generally been steady in all post-apartheid elections thus far. c. Although its supporters are chiefly Zulus, it presents itself as a national party and its parliamentarians have typically included non-Zulus. d. It shares many of the same positions as the ANC, although it presents itself as ideologically to the right of that party. e. Until 2004, it controlled the administration of the Kwa-Natal Province, although it has remained in a ruling coalition in that province since then.

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Gene Robinson, Director of the Neuroscience Program at the University of Illinois, argues which of the following about the nature versus nurture controversy? 1. The truth of the matter is that DNA is fundamentally inherited and environmentally responsive. 2. Individuals may differ in gene activity because of DNA variations they inherited. These differences evolve over very long periods of time, from generation to generation. This is nurture. 3. Individuals may also differ in gene activity because of variations in their environment, like the rats and honeybees. These differences occur over shorter times, within individual lifetimes. This is nurture. 4. As much as people like to divide themselves into nature or nurture camps, what genes actually do in the brain reflects the interaction

between hereditary and environmental information. A. 1, 2, & 3 B. 1, 2, & 4 C. 1, 3, & 4 D. 2, 3, & 4 E. All of the Above

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